A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest.

Fiction may be said to be the caricature of history.

A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.