Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths.
It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them.
Remarkable places are like the summits of rocks; eagles and reptiles only can get there.
Romance is the poetry of literature.
Innocence and mystery never dwell long together.
Reason ought not, like vanity, to adorn herself with ancient parchments, and the display of a genealogical tree; more dignified in her proceedings, and proud of her immortal nature, she ought to derive everything from herself.