Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable.

Religion is fire which example keeps alive, and which goes out if not communicated.

There is in the soul a taste for the good, just as there is in the body an appetite for enjoyment.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.

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

I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.

All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure.