Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go.

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.

The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.

Not to be mad is another form of madness

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and may make advances in morality (which is the science, by way of eminence, of living well and being happy), but all mankind together is making a continual progress in proportion as the universe grows older. So that the whole human race, during the course of so many ages, may be considered as one man who never ceases to live and learn.