A talent can be cultivated in tranquility; a character only in the rushing stream of life.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.

It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once.

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

Every offense is avenged on earth.

The wealth that cannot be administered is a burden.