Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.
I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people.
Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.
It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.
They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever.
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.