The reality is more excellent than the report.

What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What gentleman has he not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?

A just thinker will allow full swing to his scepticism. I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot.... We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth.

God builds his temple in the heart on the ruins of churches and religions.

The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity

The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.

One more fagot of these adamantine bandages is the new science of Statistics.