“Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.”

“When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for on that side it is usually true.”

“The war existing between the senses and reason.”

“Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.”

“All is one, all is different. How many natures exist in man? How many vocations? And by what chance does each man ordinarily choose what he has heard praised?”

“Earth's a howling wilderness,Truculent with fraud and force.”

“Where the great force lies, there must be the sanction of peace.”

“I hope I shall never see the daywhen the Force of Rightis deprived of the Right of Force.”