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"The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable."
"I love prudence very little, if it is not moral."
"Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song."
"Speech is but the incorporation of thought."
"We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own"
"Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection."
"Logic is to grammar what the sense of words is to their sound."
"Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective."
"The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness."
"We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion."