Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem.

A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own.

The word Miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is Monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain.

Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.

All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to deceive and the relationship deteriorates.

The unsaid part is the best of every discourse.