There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness

How many fools does it take to make up a public?

Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

There aren't many benefactors who don't say, like Satan: All these things will I give you if you bow down and worship me.

An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought.