Weakness is more opposed to virtue than is vice.

Some reproaches praise; some praises reproach.

The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

We are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light of the mind. This light penetrates to the bottom of matters; it remarks all that can be remarked, and perceives what appears imperceptible. Therefore we must agree that it is the extent of the light in the mind that produces all the effects which we attribute to judgment.