Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon

When we cannot use the compass of mathematics or the torch of experience...it is certain we cannot take a single step forward.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.

When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.