I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.

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

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

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

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages.

Genius speaks only to genius.