Saying is one thing and doing is another

No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout; others do not see you; they surmise you by uncertain conjectures; they perceive not so much your nature as your art.

Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon others.

I do not teach. I relate.

I know that the arms of friendship are long enough to reach from the one end of the world to the other