I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.

There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants.

Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart.

Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.

If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice, and that it is from her that she derives her reputation and honor?

Who is only good that others may know it, and that he may be the better esteemed when 'tis known, who will do well but upon condition that his virtue may be known to men, is one from whom much service is not to be expected.

Marriage can be compared to a cage: birds outside it despair to enter, and birds within, to escape.