Let [children] be able to do all things, and love to do only the good.

Men are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not the things themselves.

A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed.

It is setting a high value upon our opinions to roast men and women alive on account of them.

He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.

A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he arouses mistrust.

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.