A coward's courage is in his tongue.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

It is better to cherish virtue and humanity, by leaving much to free will, even with some loss of the object , than to attempt to make men mere machines and instruments of political benevolence. The world on the whole will gain by a liberty, without which virtue cannot exist.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

To be struck with His power, it is only necessary to open our eyes.

Water and oil, simply considered, are capable of giving some pleasure to the taste. Water, when simple, is insipid, inodorous, colorless, and smooth; it is found, when not cold, to be a great resolver of spasms, and lubricator of the fibres; this power it probably owes to its smoothness.