Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

Trees and fields tell me nothing; men are my teachers

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.