If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both.

By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.

There never was a good knife made of bad steel.

Men are subject to various inconveniences merely through lack of a small share of courage, which is a quality very necessary in the common occurrences of life, as well as in a battle. How many impertinences do we daily suffer with great uneasiness, because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike.

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.

Nothing great comes without enthusiasm.

The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.