He is the best gentleman that is the son of his own deserts, and not the degenerated heir of another's virtue.
Heaven, on occasion, half opens its arms to us; and that is the great moment.
I am for religion, against religions.
It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.
In the opera we call love, the libretto is almost nothing.
We should judge a man much more surely from what he dreams than from what he thinks.