As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.

If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.

I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.

Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed.

That favorite subject, Myself.

There is indeed a strange prejudice against Quotation.

O charitable philosopher, I beg you to help me. My mind is weak but my soul is strong. Kindle that soul, and the sacred fire shall never be extinguished.