Every one knows the veneration which was paid by the Jews to a name so great, wonderful, and holy. They would not let it enter even into their religious discourses. What can we then think of those who make use of so tremendous a name, in the ordinary expression of their anger, mirth, and most impertinent passions?

I consider time as an in immense ocean, in which many noble authors are entirely swallowed up.

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

There is not on earth a spectacle more worthy the regard of a Creator intent on his works, than a brave man superior to his sufferings.

Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.

Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.

If ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly, it might be of some use.