One is never satisfied with the portrait of a person that one knows.

Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.

Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.

Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans.

The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.