How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.