Custom creates the whole of equity, for the simple reason that it is accepted.
Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
Eloquence is the painting of thought.
Man lives between the infinitely large and the infinitely small.
It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart.
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper bounds. There are two equally dangerous extremes- to shut reason out, and not to let nothing in.