Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion destroys a state.
Life cannot be lived, and understood, simultaneously.
The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.
To Unlearn is as hard as to Learn
There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.
Metaphysics is universal and is exclusively concerned with primary substance. ... And here we will have the science to study that which is, both in its essence and in the properties which it has.