We imagine that the admiration of the works of celebrated men has become common, because the admiration of their names has become so.

The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.

The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.

You shall yourself be judge. Reason, with most people, means their own opinion.

In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we think merely of displaying our own ability, we shall ruin every cause we undertake.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.