Chemistry... is like the maid occupied with daily civilisation; she is busy with fertilisers, medicines, glass, insecticides ... for she dispenses the recipes.

The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.

One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?

She was dull, unattractive, couldn't tell the time, count money or tie her own shoe laces... But I loved her

Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.

To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions of men without feeling any of them, who had no affinity with our nature but knew it to the full, whose happiness was independent of ours, but who would nevertheless make our happiness his concern, who would be content to wait in the fullness of time for a distant glory, and to labour in one age to enjoy the fruits in another. Gods would be needed to give men laws.

Patience patience quotes is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.