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

There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment.

We should make ourselves loved, for men are only just towards those whom they love.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.