No One Is So Old That He

The Diligent Farmer Plants Trees, Of Which He Himself Will Never See The Fruit.

It Is The Soul Itself Which Sees And Hears, And Not Those Parts Which Are, As It Were, But Windows To The Soul.

When You Wish To Instruct, Be Brief; That Men's [children's] Minds Take In Quickly What You Say, Learn Its Lesson, And Retain It Faithfully. Every Word That Is Unnecessary Only Pours Over The Side Of A Brimming Mind.

Every Generous Action Loves The Public View; Yet No Theatre For Virtue Is Equal To A Consciousness Of It.

No Man Was Ever Great Without Divine Inspiration. [lat., Nemo Vir Magnus Aliquo Afflatu Divino Unquam Fuit.]