Virtue is the health of the soul.
He who cannot see the beautiful side is a bad painter, a bad friend, a bad lover; he cannot lift his mind and his heart so high as goodness.
We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own
Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.
Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.
Science confounds everything; it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity.