Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little

Let us help one another to bear our burdens.

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.