We accept every person in the world as that for which he gives himself out, only he must give himself out for something. We can put up with the unpleasant more easily than we can endure the insignificant.

No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious.

It is better for you to suffer an injustice than for the world to be without law. Therefore, let everyone submit to the law.

The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

If you treat men the way they are you never improve them. If you treat them the way you want them to be, you do.

The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it.