Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!

It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.

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

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.