Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
In order to do great things, it is necessary to live as if one was never to die.
Men are not to be judged by what they do not know, but by what they know, and by the manner in which they know it.
Those who fear men like laws.
A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.
Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.