God defend me from myself.
For me, who only desire to become wise, not more learned or eloquent, these logical or Aristotelian dispositions of parts are of no use.
Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private.
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.
Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest