He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.

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

When I was young, beautiful ancient statues were castrated, so that the eye might not be corrupted.... Nothing was gained, unless horses and asses had also been castrated.

It makes me hate accepting things that are probable when they are held up before me as infallibly true. I prefer these words which tone down and modify the hastiness of our propositions: "Perhaps, In some sort, Some, They say, I think," and the like.

The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

Only he can judge of matters great and high whose soul is likewise.