Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!

The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.