I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.
Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.