Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.

A wise man will always be a Christian, because the perfection of wisdom is to know where lies tranquillity of mind and how to attain it, which Christianity teaches.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.

Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.