We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion.

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

Tenderness is the rest of passion.

Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better.

Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.

Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven.

Slander is the solace of malignity.