The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

There are those to whom one must advise madness.

We are all of us more or less echoes, repeating involuntarily the virtues, the defects, the movements, and the characters of those among whom we live.

Politeness smooths wrinkles.