To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.
Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.
There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.
We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
The passions of the young are vices in the old.
Politeness smooths wrinkles.