Physic, for the most part, is nothing else but the substitute of exercise and temperance.

Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.

The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued restraint, while nature has preserved the eyes to herself, that she may not be disguised or misrepresented.

There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress.

Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.

The great number of the Jews furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Bible.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.