Time is the herald of truth.

I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.

A dissolute and intemperate youth hands down the body to old age in a worn-out state.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills.

The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.