Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

Nothing falsifies history more than logic.

The effect of great and inevitable misfortune is to elevate those souls which it does not deprive of all virtue.

The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty

The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators.

Do not be afraid of enthusiasm. You need it. You can do nothing effectively without it.