All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
Courage is adversity's lamp.
The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.
Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.
There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome.
The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.