History never repeats itself. Man always does.
When truth is evident, it is impossible for parties and factions to rise. There never has been a dispute as to whether there is daylight at noon.
Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.
An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
The best way to be boring is to include everything.
It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.