Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature; neither his understanding nor his power extends further.

Boldness is a child of ignorance

In all superstition wise men follow fools.

Friends are thieves of time.