This fond reiteration of the oldest expressions of truth by the latest posterity, content with slightly and religiously retouchingthe old material, is the most impressive proof of a common humanity.

What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.

Philosophy, certainly, is some account of truths the fragments and very insignificant parts of which man will practice in this workshop; truths infinite and in harmony with infinity, in respect to which the very objects and ends of the so-called practical philosopher will be mere propositions, like the rest.

Unpremeditated music is the true gauge which measures the current of our thoughts; the very undertow of our life's stream.

At the extreme north, the voyagers are obliged to dance and act plays for employment.

A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.