Men are nothing until they are excited.

All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.

Tis the taste of effeminacy that disrelishes ordinary and accustomed things.

The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.

Our truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call "money" not only that which is legal, but also any counterfeit that will pass.

'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.