I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.

Delay in justice is injustice.

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

He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt. The most sparkling and pointed flame of wit flickers and expires against the incombustible walls of her sanctuary.

The present, like a note in music, is nothing but as it appertains to what is past and what is to come.

Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy.

It is easy to look down on others; to look down on ourselves is the difficulty.