You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve

Justice is the truth in action.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy