To reason, to argue. It is to walk with crutches in search of the truth. We come to it with a leap.
A temperate style is alone classical.
When you give, give with joy and smiling.
I do not call reason that brutal reason which crushes with its weight what is holy and sacred, that malignant reason which delights in the errors it succeeds in discovering, that unfeeling and scornful reason which insults credulity.
Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.
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.