The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.