When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.

We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.

Intelligence is required to be able to know that a man knows not.

A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.

It is a rare life that remains orderly even in private.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.