Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. -Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur

Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.

If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.

Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.

What view is one likely to take of the state of a person's mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?

The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.