Words will build no walls.

That we may consult concerning others, and not others concerning us.

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.

Both Empedocles and Heraclitus held it for a truth that man could not be altogether cleared from injustice in dealing with beasts as he now does.

Euripides was wont to say, silence was an answer to a wise man; but we seem to have greater occasion for it in our dealing with fools and unreasonable persons; for men of breeding and sense will be satisfied with reason and fair words.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

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