Contempt for private wrongs was one of the features of ancient morals.

To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

God multiplies intelligence, which communicates itself, like fire, ad infinitum. Light a thousand torches at one touch, the flame remains always the same.

I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.

To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.