There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.
Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
The master of superstition, is the people; and in all superstition, wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reversed order.
The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands.
The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets.
The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.