Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude
The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.
Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.
The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
The greatest miracle that the Almighty could perform would be to make a bad man happy, even in heaven; he must unparadise that blessed place to accomplish it. In its primary signification, all vice--that is, all excess--brings its own punishment even here.