Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who thinks differently from him.

No truer word, save God's, was ever spoken, Than that the largest heart is soonest broken.

That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

We are poor, indeed, when we have no half-wishes left us. The heart and the imagination close the shutters the instant they are gone.

Wisdom consisteth not in knowing many things, nor even in knowing them thoroughly; but in choosing and in following what conduces the most certainly to our lasting happiness and true glory.

Cruelty is the highest pleasure to the cruel man; it is his love.

Greatness, as we daily see it, is unsociable.