... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.

A well-bred man is always sociable and complaisant.

The shortest way to arrive at glory would be to do that for conscience which we do for glory.

Those who make a practice of comparing human actions are never so perplexed as when they try to see them as a whole and in the same light; for they commonly contradict each other so strangely that it seems impossible that they have come from the same shop.

No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

The strength of any plan depends on the time. Circumstances and things eternally shift and change.

The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.