Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known a hundred years hence.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.