The shortest way to arrive at glory would be to do that for conscience which we do for glory.

The soul that has no established aim loses itself.

The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.

The value of life lies not in the length of days but in the use you make of them; he has lived for a long time who has little lived. Whether you have lived enough depends not on the number of your years but on your will.

The virtue of the soul does not consist in flying high, but in walking orderly.

There are few men who durst publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God.

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret things, and more books upon books than upon any other subject; we do nothing but comment upon one another.

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine.