Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune.

I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot.

Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.

It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.

Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy.

The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses.