Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.
It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any.
I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.
Prejudice is opinion without judgement.
He who seeks truth should be of no country.
The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends.