In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities. 


Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

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

I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.