Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our being too fully comprehended.

Superstition is but the fear of belief.

Love and enthusiasm are always ridiculous, when not reciprocated by their objects.

To appear rich, we become poor.

Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

Calumny is the offspring of Envy.