Solitude Is The Audience-chamber Of God.

I Would Recommend A Free Commerce Both Of Matter And Mind. I Would Let Men Enter Their Own Churches With The Same Freedom As Their Own Houses; And I Would Do It Without A Homily Or Graciousness Or Favor, For Tyranny Itself Is To Me A Word Less Odious Than Toleration.

Merit Has Rarely Risen Of Itself, But A Pebble Or A Twig Is Often Quite Sufficient For It To Spring From To The Highest Ascent. There Is Usually Some Baseness Before There Is Any Elevation.

Cruelty Is The Highest Pleasure To The Cruel Man; It Is His Love.

Friendship May Sometimes Step A Few Paces In Advance Of Truth.

What Is Reading But Silent Conversation?