“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”

“A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.”

“Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death”

“I have the defect of being more sincere than persons wish.”

“The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself.”

“My hate is general, I detest all men;Some because they are wicked and do evil,Others because they tolerate the wicked,Refusing them the active vigorous scornWhich vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.”

“Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.”