He who only tastes his error will long dwell with it, will take delight in it as in a singular felicity; while he who drains it to the dregs will, if he be not crazy, find it to be what it is.

Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.

Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.

The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.

A man would create another man if one did not already exist, but a woman might live an eternity without even thinking of reproducing her own sex.

There is nothing more frightful than for a teacher to know only what his scholars are intended to know.

A distracted existence leads us to no goal