Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.

Your destiny is that of a man, your vows those of a god.

Exaggeration, the inseparable companion of greatness.

Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.

Let each of us boldly and honestly say: How little it is that I really know!

Man is free the moment he wants to be.

There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.