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

If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.

Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.

Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?

The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

All soils are not fertile.