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

There is what is called the highway to posts and honor, and there is a cross and by way, which is much the shortest.

It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet the best people on an equal footing. This is harder for a married man: marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

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.