"Style is the physiognomy of the mind. It is a more infallible index to character than the face."

"The more intelligence one has, the more pain one suffers."

"One should use common words to say uncommon things."

"If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it t…"

"The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it."