The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.
Once the people begin to reason, all is lost.
He was not the greatest of men but he was the greatest of kings.
A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.
Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct of your life.
Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.
Virtuous men alone possess friends.
One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
Whatever you do, crush the infamy.
To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.
The more you know, the less sure you are.
Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.
I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little.
A small number of choice books are sufficient.
A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.
The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.
Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.