Logic is the art of convincing us some truth.

It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.

Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time.

The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct, upon that of the men they love.

A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen.

Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.

It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it.