How great seems human progress when we consider where it began, and how insignificant, when we contemplate the goals for which itstrives.

Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.

Uneducated people are unfortunate in that they do grasp complex issues, educated people, on the other hand, often do not understand simplicity, which is a far greater misfortune.

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.