The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.
There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.
Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.