This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude.

When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more.