Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery," said I, "still thou art a bitter draught.

Patience cannot remove, but it can always dignify and alleviate, misfortune.

It is curious to observe the triumph of slight incidents over the mind; and what incredible weight they have in forming and governing our opinions, both of men and things, that trifles light as air shall waft a belief into the soul, and plant it so immovable within it, that Euclid's demonstrations, could they be brought to batter it in breach, should not all have power to overthrow it!

A man cannot dress, but his ideas get cloath'd at the same time.

It appears an extraordinary thing to me, that since there is such a diabolical spirit in the depravity of human nature, as persecution for difference of opinion in religious tenets, there never happened to be any inquisition, any auto da fe, any crusade, among the Pagans.

When the precipitancy of a man's wishes hurries on his ideas ninety times faster than the vehicle he rides in--woe be to truth!

We are born to trouble; and we may depend upon it, whilst we live in this world, we shall have it, though with intermissions.