The last thing that we find in making a book is to know what we must put first.

Let no one say that I have said nothing new... the arrangement of the subject is new. When we play tennis, we both play with the same ball, but one of us places it better.

Eloquence is a way of saying things in such a way, first, that those to whom we speak may listen to them without pain and with pleasure, and second, that they feel themselves interested, so that self-love leads them more willingly to reflection upon it.

Why God has instituted Prayer:— To communicate to his creatures the dignity of causation.

Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.

Continuous eloquence is tedious.

Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it.