I criticize by creation – not by finding fault.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.