The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.
Neither the gifts nor the blows of fortune equal those of nature.
None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.
It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.
In order to do great things, it is necessary to live as if one was never to die.
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.