Men have torn up the roads which led to Heaven, and which all the world followed; now we have to make our own ladders.

The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.

The God of metaphysics is but an idea. But the God of religion, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sovereign Judge of actions and thoughts, is a power.

In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.

Science confounds everything; it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity.

Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.

The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.