Ambition is, of all other, the most contrary humor to solitude; and glory and repose are so inconsistent that they cannot possibly inhabit one and the same place; and for so much as I understand, those have only their arms and legs disengaged from the crowd, their mind and intention remain engaged behind more than ever.

Miracles arise from our ignorance of nature, not from nature itself.

We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it

A man must become wise at his own expense.

Difficulty is a coin the learned make use of like jugglers, to conceal the inanity of their art.

When I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.

We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.