Parents are by no means exempt from the intoxication of dominion.
Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with to much dejection.
You despise a man for avarice; but you do not hate him.
Happiness," said he, "must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty.
An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty.
Their origin is commonly unknown; for the practice often continues when the cause has ceased, and concerning superstitious ceremonies it is in vain to conjecture; for what reason did not dictate, reason cannot explain.