We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.