Reason has so many forms that we do not know which to choose-Experiment has no fewer.

I set forth notions that are human and my own, simply as human notions considered in themselves, not as determined and decreed by heavenly ordinance.

Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.

It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

For me, who only desire to become wise, not more learned or eloquent, these logical or Aristotelian dispositions of parts are of no use.

Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.