That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.

The man who thinks only of his own generation is born for few.

He that makes himself famous by his eloquence, justice or arms illustrates his extraction, let it be never so mean; and gives inestimable reputation to his parents. We should never have heard of Sophroniscus, but for his son, Socrates; nor of Ariosto and Gryllus, if it had not been for Xenophon and Plato.

That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.

To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.

The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.

No one can wear a mask for very long.