God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
Nature's instructions are always slow; those of men are generally premature.
Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.
From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live.
The passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct.
It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.