Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.

The next thing is by gentle degrees to accustom children to those things they are too much afraid of. But here great caution is to be used, that you do not make too much haste, nor attempt this cure too early, for fear lest you increase the mischief instead of remedying it.

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

He that in the ordinary affairs of life would admit of nothing but direct plain demonstration would be sure of nothing in this world but of perishing quickly.

If we will disbelieve everything, because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much what as wisely as he who would not use his legs, but sit still and perish, because he had no wings to fly.

He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.