A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he does not see his defects but considers them signs of charm and intelligence and recounts them to his friends as if they were clever and witty.

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable

It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must be now nigh at hand.

Believe there are no limits but the sky.

The journey is better than the inn".

There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.

A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause