As there are misanthropists or haters of men, so also are there misologists, or haters of ideas.

You get to know someone better by playing for an hour than by talking for a year.

Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and honourable, finds a little afterwards that he is wicked, faithless, and then he meets with another of the same character. When a man experiences this often, and more particularly from those whom he considered his most dear and best friends, at last, having frequently made a slip, he hates the whole world, and thinks that there is nothing sound at all in any of them.

Because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.

I prefer nothing, unless it is true.

The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.