Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.
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.
The paper is patient, but the reader is not.
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas.
The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.