No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.

The only index by which to judge a government or a way of life is by the quality of the people it acts upon. No matter how noble the objectives of a government…

There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove o…

Compassion is probably the only antitoxin of the soul. Where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. One would rather …

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy?

[Mais par ce que selon le sage Salomon,] Sapience n'entre point en ame malivole, & science sans conscience n'est que ruyne de l'ame.

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.