Silence is become his mother tongue.

The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Happy were we all born philosophers; all born with a talent of thus dissipating our own cares by spreading them upon all mankind.

The sports of children satisfy the child.

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.