Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.

The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.

Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?