Posterity Is Always Just.

There Are Two Things To Be Considered With Regard To Any Scheme. In The First Place, Is It Good In Itself? In The Second, Can It Be Easily Put Into Practice?

I Would Rather Be A Man Of Paradoxes Than A Man Of Prejudices.

Virtue Is A State Of War, And To Live In It We Have Always To Combat With Ourselves.

Interest Is The Spur Of The People, But Glory That Of Great Souls.

Every Blue-stocking Will Remain A Spinster As Long As There Are Sensible Men On The Earth. [fr., Toute Fille Lettree Restera Fille Toute Sa Vie, Quand Il N'y Aura Que Des Hommes Senses Sur La Terre.]