We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.

The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires.

The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.

Faith is necessary to victory.

Liberty is the only true riches: of all the rest we are at once the masters and the slaves.

We would willingly, and without remorse, sacrifice not only the present moment, but all the interval (no matter how long) that separates us from any favorite object.

Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols -- it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them.