Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.