Why shouldn't man be as angry about not having always been alive as about having to stop being alive?

To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.

If it were not for respect for human opinions, I would not open my window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whilst I would go five hundred leagues to talk with a man of genius whom I had not seen.

There is no second country for an Englishman, except a ship and the sea.

The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.

Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.

It is not enough to forgive; one must forget.