The affections cannot keep their youth any more than men.
In the country, without any interference from the law, the agricultural life favors the permanence of families.
Aristotle and Plato are reckoned the respective heads of two schools. A wise man will see that Aristotle platonizes.
It is very hard to be simple enough to be good.
Common sense is as rare as genius.
I wish to speak with all respect of persons, but sometimes I must pinch myself to keep awake, and preserve the due decorum. They melt so fast into each other, that they are like grass and trees, and it needs an effort to treat them as individuals.