When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.

What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.

Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

Living requires but little life; doing requires much.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

To reason, to argue. It is to walk with crutches in search of the truth. We come to it with a leap.

Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!