The Paper Is Patient, But The Reader

The Essential Thing Is Not That There Be Many Truths In A Work, But That No Truth Be Abused.

Everything That Is Exact Is Short.

Success Serves Men As A Pedestal. It Makes Them Seem Greater When Not Measured By Reflection.

A Fluent Writer Always Seems More Talented Than He Is. To Write Well, One Needs A Natural Felicity And An Acquired Difficulty.

Religion Must Be Loved As A Kind Of Country And Nursing-mother. It Was Religion That Nourished Our Virtues, That Showed Us Heaven, That Taught Us To Walk In The Path Of Duty.