I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

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

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

Reason should direct, and appetite obey.