A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.

In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

Sometimes it is a good choice not to choose at all.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than the whiteness of snow or the weight of stones are to us: if man does not know himself, how should he know his functions and powers?

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret things, and more books upon books than upon any other subject; we do nothing but comment upon one another. Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.