Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.
If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.
I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.
Being a bird ain't all about flying and shitting from high places.
Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.
Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.