To proceed from one truth to another, and connect distant propositions by regular consequences, is the great prerogative of man

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself.

Perhaps the excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some obvious and useful truth in a few words.
We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because, for a time, they are not remembered; and he may therefore be justly numbered among the benefactors of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to recur habitually to the mind.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to you previous self.