They will have the World to be in Large, what a Watch is in Small; which is very regular, and depends only upon the just disposing of the several Parts of the Movement.

People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.

I hate war, for it spoils conversation.

Since the princes take the Earth for their own, it's fair that the philosophers reserve the sky for themselves and rule there, but they should never permit the entry of others.

Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.

The judgment may be compared to a clock or watch, where the most ordinary machine is sufficient to tell the hours; but the most elaborate alone can point out the minutes and seconds, and distinguish the smallest differences of time.

It is beauty that begins to please, and tenderness that completes the cbarm.