We should rather examine, who is better learned, than who is more learned.

Not because Socrates said so, but because it is in truth my own disposition — and perchance to some excess — I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Pole as a Frenchman, making less account of the national than of the universal and common bond.

He was doubtless an understanding Fellow that said, there was no happy Marriage but betwixt a blind Wife and a deaf Husband.

The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

The honor of the conquest is rated by the difficulty.

A liar would be brave toward God, while he is a coward toward men; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.