Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.

There never appear more than five or six men of genius in an age, but if they were united the world could not stand before them.

What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly.

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

Old sciences are unraveled like old stockings, by beginning at the foot.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.