“Courage considered in itself or without reference to its causes, is no virtue, and deserves no esteem”

“Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.”

“No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less”

“Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect”

“All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone”

“The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also”