The soul has two parts, one rational and the other irrational. Let us now similarly divide the rational part, and let it be assumed that there are two rational faculties, one whereby we contemplate those things whose first principles are invariable, and one whereby we contemplate those things which admit of variation.

The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook

All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature.

Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.

Metaphor is halfway between the unintelligible and the commonplace.

The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.

The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.