Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.