Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.

Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

Self love is the instrument of our preservation.

Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

The best way to be boring is to include everything.