“I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands.”
“Blushing is the color of virtue.”
“The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.”
“To a rich man, the time to dine is when you will; to a poor man, when you can.”
“When asked what wine he found pleasant, he answered: that for which other people pay.”
“Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.”
“It is the property of gods to need nothing, and of godlike men to want but little.”
“Bad men obey their lusts as servants obey their masters.”
“Other dogs bite only their enemies; while I bite also my friends, in order to save them.”
“I am a citizen of the world.”
“Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done the wrong.”
“Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born.”
“They can conquer who believe they can.”
“He who would be wise must first learn to doubt.”
“But far more numerous was the herd of such, who think too little, and who talk too much.”
“Self-defence, therefore, is Nature's first great law.”
“Words are but pictures of our thoughts.”
“Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.”
“Beware the fury of a patient man.”