The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.

Shining outward qualities, although they may excite first-rate expectations, are not unusually found to be the companions of second-rate abilities.

If martyrdom is now on the decline, it is not because martyrs are less zealous, but because martyr-mongers are more wise. The light of intellect has put out the fire of persecution, as other fires are observed to smoulder before the light of the same.

Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.

Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.