Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to bear on them anything so tremendous as the wrath of God seems strangely inept