Before beginning, plan carefully.

The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.

Falsehoods border on truths.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Religion is the pious worship of God.