1. “Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.”
2. “I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.”
3. Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues”.”
4. “A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.”
5. “Curiosity is the lust of the mind.”
6. “It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law.”
7. “Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.”
8. “Words are the money of fools.”
9. “The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.”
10. “Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.”
11. “He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.”
12. “Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.”
13. “Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.”
14. “The source of every crime is some defect of understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions.”
15. “A man’s conscience and his judgement are the same thing; and as the judgement, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.”
