"Praise is the reflection of virtue."
Gratitude
"A nice man is a man of nasty ideas."
Philosophy
"It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy."
Art
"Books, the children of the brain."
Literature
"No wise man ever wished to be younger."
Wisdom
"The world has its idiots, and they do not dwell in the deserts."
Philosophy
"The spider and the bee were the chief personages in this war."
War
"Wealth is the test of a man's character."
Money
"We are blind as to the future, clear-sighted as to the past."
Time
"Young men should read history, in order to make themselves wise by other men's mistakes."
Education
"He was a bold man that first ate an oyster."
Courage
"Bitter pills may have wholesome effects."
Wisdom
"A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them."
Relationships
"I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals."
Solitude
"The sight of you is good for sore eyes."
Beauty
"As universal a practice as lying is, and as easy a one as it is for any man to be guilty of it, it is astonishing to observe how people hate liars."
Truth
"Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of style."
Literature
"Philosophy is defined as the pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means."
Philosophy
"The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes."
Happiness
"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own."
Humor
"Bread is the staff of life."
Life
"The reason so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages."
Love
"The best of all possible worlds."
Philosophy
"Flattery is the food of fools."
Truth
"He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers."
Imagination
"There are few things in this world more dangerous than enthusiasts."
Motivation
"Learning is the most handsome thing in the world."
Knowledge
"We are assured by doctors that drinking is very wholesome."
Health
"Whoever makes two ears of corn grow where one grew before deserves better of mankind."
Success
"When I make madness my companion, I must expect nonsense."
Wisdom