A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.

Every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.

You may translate books of science exactly. ... The beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written.

A merchant may, perhaps, be a man of an enlarged mind, but there is nothing in trade connected with an enlarged mind.

An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty. Men who have practiced tortures on animals without pity, relating them without shame, how can they still hold their heads among human beings?

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Beauty, without kindness, dies unenjoyed and undelighting.