I also realized that the philosophers, far from ridding me of my vain doubts, only multiplied the doubts that tormented me and failed to remove any one of them. So I chose another guide and said, Let me follow the Inner Light; it will not lead me so far astray as others have done, or if it does it will be my own fault, and I shall not go so far wrong if I follow my own illusions as if I trusted to their deceits.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me.

Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.

General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

Laws are always useful to those who possess and vexatious to those who have nothing.