He that revels in a well-chosen library, has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour.

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

Of Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances.

Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.

If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.

The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic.