When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.

The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?

Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.