Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.

They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend.

It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.

The whole of virtue consists in its practice.

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.

Pardon is granted to necessity.

If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.