He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers [zeros], is the decay of the whole age.
Mysteries are due to secrecy.