I speak to the paper, as I speak to the first person I meet.

Princes give mee sufficiently, if they take nothing from me, and doe me much good, if they doe me no hurt: it is all I require of them.

Of the opinions of philosophy I most gladly embrace those that are most solid, that is to say, most human and most our own; my opinions, in conformity with my conduct, are low and humble.

I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

Every man has within himself the entire human condition

Aesop, that great man, saw his master making water as he walked. "What!" he said, "Must we void ourselves as we run?" Use our timeas best we may, yet a great part of it will still be idly and ill spent.