The habit of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional.
The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
Solitude is the audience-chamber of God.
Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.
All schools of philosophy, and almost all authors, are rather to be frequented for exercise than for weight.
Belief in a future life is the appetite of reason.