“If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.”

“To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.”

“No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.”

“A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.”

“Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition.”

“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.”

“For I make others say what I cannot say so well,... I do not count my borrowings, but, weight them.... They are all, or very nearly all, from such famous and ancient names that they seem to identify themselves enough without me. ”