The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.

The language of truth is unvarnished enough.

Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.

Most people fancy themselves innocent of those crimes of which they cannot be convicted.

The Germans, a race eager for war.

There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.

Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions.