An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.