To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.

Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.

Not to know what happened before means to remain forever a child.