In the earliest ages science was poetry, as in the later poetry has become science.
Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.
Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
Borrowed garments never keep one warm.
Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.