So dear night the half of life is, And the fairest half indeed.

Nature has neither kernel Nor shell

Mathematics can remove no prejudices and soften no obduracy. It has no influence in sweetening the bitter strife of parties, and in the moral world generally its action is perfectly null.

Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations.

People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody.

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

One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.