It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it.

The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.

We should treat children as God does us, who makes us happiest when He leaves us under the influence of innocent delusions.

Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves.

You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.

Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does.