Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own.
There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
Man is only great when he acts from passion.
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.