Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

I know I can trust in my heart…that she…dare I, can I express heaven in a few words? That she loves me.

It’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.