No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments.
Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.
Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.
The soul paints itself in our machines.
I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.
The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.