Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.
What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul.
When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.
There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.
Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm.
Morality is the fruit of religion: to desire the former without the latter is to desire an orange without an orange-tree.