Come! you presence will either give me life or kill me with pleasure.
To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.
It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.
A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.
Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.
The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic.