Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law as well as medicine, and to my sorrow, theology; studied them well with ardent zeal, yet here I am, a wretched fool, no wiser than I was before.

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.

It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.

He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.

Ill-humor is nothing more than an inward feeling of our own want of merit, a dissatisfaction with ourselves which is always united with an envy that foolish vanity excites.

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