We think very little of time present; we anticipate the future, as being too slow, and with a view to hasten it onward, we recall the past to stay it as too swiftly gone. We are so thoughtless, that we thus wander through the hours which are not here, regardless only of the moment that is actually our own.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for on that side it is usually true.

[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed.

God is, or He is not." But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separated us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?

Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.

Imagination decides everything.