True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

In our corrupted state, common weaknesses and defects contribute more towards the reconciling us to one another than all the precepts of the philosophers and divines.

A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.

Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.

If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men in the world.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.

The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have