I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at second, or even the third place.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

The more laws, the less justice.

Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.