Better to be tentative than to be recklessly sure- to be an apprentice at sixty, than to present oneself as a doctor at ten. - Michel de Montaigne

Of all human and ancient opinions concerning religion, that seems to me the most likely and most excusable, that acknowledged God as an incomprehensible power, the original and preserver of all things, all goodness, all perfection, receiving and taking in good part the honour and reverence that man paid him, under what method, name, or ceremonies soever

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.