In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train.

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.

By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance.

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire war.