I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.

You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else.

TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable.

No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments.