Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.
Men should strive to think much and know little.
It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.