Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable.
Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.
Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent.
Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt.
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.
Religion must be loved as a kind of country and nursing-mother. It was religion that nourished our virtues, that showed us heaven, that taught us to walk in the path of duty.