The most insupportable of tyrants exclaim against the exercise of arbitrary power.
There are braying men in the world, as well as braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking any other than away of braying?
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.
There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.
What signifies the sound of words in prayer without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end?