There is no debt with so much prejudice put off as that of justice.

The soul of man... is a portion or a copy of the soul of the Universe and is joined together on principles and in proportions corresponding to those which govern the Universe.

We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things.

When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.