An entire life of solitude contradicts the purpose of our being, since death itself is scarcely an idea of more terror.
[Slavery] is a weed that grows in every soil.
Humanity cannot be degraded by humiliation.
Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm.
Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and a series of unconnected arts. Though just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of his nature.
Men want to be reminded, who do not want to be taught; because those original ideas of rectitude to which the mind is compelled to assent when they are proposed, are not always as present to us as they ought to be.