Look at a man the way he is and he only becomes worse, but look at him as if he were what he could be, then he becomes what he should be.

A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language.

Ingratitude is always a kind of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful.

The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.

As a man is, so is his God; therefore God was so often an object of mockery. [Ger., Wie einer ist, so ist sein Gott, Darum ward Gott so oft zu Spott.]

What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.

The little man is still a man.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.