We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.
Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.
All grand thoughts come from the heart.
Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome.