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

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite.

To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

A man of courage is also full of faith.