The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
It is mutual respect which makes friendship lasting.
Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.
Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.
Great things are done by devotion to one idea.