I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.

[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread... and a thousand other things of the same kind.