"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile."

"Courage is knowing what not to fear."

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."

"There is no learning without remembering."

"I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live."

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."

"Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it."

"Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior."

"The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms."

"Nothing is to be preferred before justice."

"How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him?"

"In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine."

"It is not living that matters, but living rightly."

"To believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly."