Men go to sea, before they know the unhappiness of that way of life; and when they have come to know it, they cannot escape from it, because it is then too late to choose another profession; as indeed is generally the case with men, when they have once engaged in any particular way of life.

There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer than they believe each other. When speech is employed only as the vehicle of falsehood, every man must disunite himself from others, inhabit his own cave and seek prey only for himself.

Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford.

To do nothing is in everyone's power.

It is astonishing that any man can forbear enquiring seriously whether there is a God; whether God is just; whether this life is the only state of existence.

Network. Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.

The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.