Men and statues that are admired ire an elevated situation have a very different effect upon us when we approach them; the first appear less than we imagined them, the last bigger.

Respect is better procured by exacting than soliciting it.

It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate from them, and where lies the exception.

We laugh heartily to see a whole flock of sheep jump because one did so. Might not one imagine that superior beings do the same, and for exactly the same reason?

Human knowledge is the parent of doubt.

Avarice starves its possessor to fatten those who come after, and who are eagerly awaiting the demise of the accumulator.

True joy is only hope put out of fear.