Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.

Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation?

Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!

We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.

Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.