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

Yet here I stand poor fool what more, not one wit wiser than before.

Humans fear reason, but they ought to fear stupidity- for reason can be hard, but stupidity can be fatal.

Conscience is the virtue of the observers not the agents of action

The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality.

Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront.

The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.