A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities.

From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.

Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought.

People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.

Everyone I meet is in some way my superior.

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.