Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as honored, not on his own account, but for the sake of his forefathers. Yet hereditary honors are a noble and splendid treasure to descendants.
Necessity is literally the mother of invention.
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
True friendship can exist only between equals.
Do not expect justice where might is right.
What essence is to generation, that truth is to belief.