Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.

Man can have only a certain number of teeth, hair and ideas; there comes a time when he necessarily loses his teeth, hair and ideas.

Atheism is the vice of a few intelligent people.

The superfluous is the most necessary.

The perfect is the enemy of the good.