People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.

The multitude which is not brought to act as a unity, is confusion. That unity which has not its origin in the multitude is tyranny.

How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies.

All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.

Who confers reputation? who gives respect and veneration to persons, to books, to great men? Who but Opinion? How utterly insufficient are all the riches of the world without her approbation!

The law required what it could not give. Grace gives that which it requires.