No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.

The honor of the conquest is rated by the difficulty.

In truth, knowledge is a great and very useful quality; those who despise it give evidence enough of their stupidity. Yet I do not set its value at that extreme measure that some attribute to it.

It is much more easy to accuse the one sex than to excuse the other.

To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books; they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.

The human face is a weak guarantee; yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows; I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.

From Obedience and submission comes all our virtues, and all sin is comes from self-opinion.