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

We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.

Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude.

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

Great men always pay deference to greater.

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.