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

I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it.