We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.

There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.

The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.

Lately we have had many losses.