He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

Learn to cultivate your own garden.

Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

We know that all the arts are brothers, that each of them illuminates another, and that a universal light results.

History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodate themselves with other people's property.

Nature has always had more force than education.