Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.
Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.
God has punished the knave, and the devil has drowned the rest.
All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free
Love truth, and pardon error.
Know that the secret of the arts is to correct nature.