If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

Let us confess it: evil strides the world.

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

Why are the Jews hated? It is the inevitable result of their laws; they either have to conquer everybody or be hated by the whole human race.

The famous physician Dumoulin said when dying, 'I leave two great physicians behind me, simple food and pure water.'

In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.

Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.