But being overborne with numbers, and nobody daring to face about, stretching out his hands to heaven, [Romulus] prayed to Jupiter to stop the army, and not to neglect but maintain the Roman cause, now in extreme danger. The prayer was no sooner made, than shame and respect for their king checked many; the fears of the fugitives changed suddenly into confidence.

God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine.

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

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

It was not important how many enemies there are, but where the enemy is