So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

Nothing is more annoying than to be obscurely hanged.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life.

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.