Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.

Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man, except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?

Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?

Nature abhors annihilation.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

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

The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.