A Man Without Nobility Cannot Have Kindliness;

Where Violence Reigns, Reason Is Weak.

Love Is Like Epidemic Diseases. The More One Fears It The More Likely One Is To Contract It.

A Good Number Of Works Owe Their Success To The Mediocrity Of Their Authors' Ideas, Which Match The Mediocrity Of Those Of The General Public.

Education Must Have Two Foundations --morality As A Support For Virtue, Prudence As A Defense For Self Against The Vices Of Others. By Letting The Balance Incline To The Side Of Morality, You Only Make Dupes Or Martyrs; By Letting It Incline To The Other, You Make Calculating Egoists.

Someone Has Said That To Plagiarise From The Ancients Is To Play The Pirate Beyond The Equator, But That To Steal From The Moderns Is To Pick Pockets At Street Corners.