We every day and every hour say things of another that we might more properly say of ourselves, could we but apply our observations to our own concerns.

The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable.

Truth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after.

Man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind.

Desire and hope will push us on toward the future.

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

How often, being moved under a false cause, if the person offending makes a good defense and presents us with a just excuse, are we angry against truth and innocence itself?