It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.

Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.

Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.

One can not be just if one is not humane.

It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.

Reason and emotion counsel and supplement each other. Whoever heeds only the one, and puts aside the other, recklessly deprives himself of a portion of the aid granted us for the regulation of our conduct.

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.