Chastity Is A Virtue With

Enjoying Praise Is In Some People Merely A Civility Of The Heart--and Just The Opposite Of A Vanity Of The Spirit.

Writers Ought To Be Regarded As Wrongdoers Who Deserve To Be Acquitted Or Pardoned Only In The Rarest Cases: That Would Be A Way To Keep Books From Getting Out Of Hand.

It Is A Prejudice To Think That Morality Is More Favourable To The Development Of Reason Than Immorality.

It Is Good To Express A Thing Twice Right At The Outset And So To Give It A Right Foot And Also A Left One. Truth Can Surely Stand On One Leg, But With Two It Will Be Able To Walk And Get Around.

One Can Promise Actions, But Not Feelings, For The Latter Are Involuntary. He Who Promises To Love Forever Or Hate Forever Or Be Forever Faithful To Someone Is Promising Something That Is Not In His Power.