The science of love is the philosophy of the heart

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him.

The whole of virtue consists in its practice.

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.

If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.