Superstition is rooted in a much deeper and more sensitive layer of the psyche than skepticism.

Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.

The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.

Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!

He who has art and science also has religion, but those who do not have them better have religion.

Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks