Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.

The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

Every man's friend is no man's friend.