I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

To be forward to praise others implies either great eminence, that can afford to, part with applause; or great quickness of discernment, with confidence in our own judgments; or great sincerity and love of truth, getting the better of our self-love.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Men of gravity are intellectual stammerers, whose thoughts move slowly.