Properly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would have to learn from me.

I am the Spirit that denies.

At all times it has not been the age, but individuals alone, who have worked for knowledge. It was the age which put Socrates to death by poison, the age which burnt Huss. The ages have always remained alike.

Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.

Association with women is the basis of good manners.

Aptitudes are assumed, they should become accomplishments. That is the purpose of all education.

A man's foibles are what makes him lovable.