Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God.

When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book; it is good, and is the work of a master-hand.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

Love seizes us suddenly, without giving warning, and our disposition or our weakness favors the surprise; one look, one glance, from the fair fixes and determines us.

Languages are the keys of science.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.