Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.

A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.

For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.

One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.

Our virtues and view spring from one root.

Don't give us your doubts, gives us your certainties, for we have doubts enough of our own.

Pain and pleasure, good and evil, come to us from unexpected sources. It is not there where we have gathered up our brightest hopes, that the dawn of happiness breaks. It is not there where we have glanced our eye with affright, that we find the deadliest gloom. What should this teach us? To bow to the great and only Source of light, and live humbly and with confiding resignation.