“I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.”
“Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.”
“A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.”
“We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.”
“Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.”
“There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.”
“I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.”
“He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.”
“Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.”
“Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.”
“He who is plenteously provided for from within, needs but little from without.”
“They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.”
“A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.”
“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.”
“Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?”
“Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.”
“Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.”
“Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.”
“It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.”
“It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.”
“To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.”
“If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts.”
“All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.”
“We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.”
“What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.”
“Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.”
“Wealth lost is something lost, honor lost is something lost: Courage lost all is lost.”
“Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.”
“Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.”
“If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.”