We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.

Nature has inclined us to love men.

The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.