It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.

All that is due to us will be paid, although not perhaps by those to whom we have lent.

We ask the poet: 'What subject have you chosen?' instead of: 'What subject has chosen you?

Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

Do not fear the ones who argue, but rather those who are evasive.