It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

A small amount of wine such as three or four glasses is of benefit for the preservation of the health of human beings and an excellent remedy for most illnesses.

We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one decides for us, no one drags us along one path or the other. We are responsible for what we are.

The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.

Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.