The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

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

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.