My soul hates the fool whose only passion is to live by rule.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.

Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They all may collapse altogether.

When all beliefs are challenged together, the just and necessary ones have a chance to step forward and re-establish themselves alone.

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves.

Eloquence is a republican art, as conversation is an aristocratic one.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.