Theology is to religion what poisons are to food.
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod.
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
Love truth, and pardon error.
There is a pleasure in not being pleased.