Nature has inclined us to love men.

The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

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

Life without learning is death.

Vicious habits are so great a stain to human nature, and so odious in themselves, that every person actuated by right reason would avoid them, though he were sure they would be always concealed both from God and man, and had no future punishment entailed upon them.