It Is The Contest That Delights Us,

The More Intelligence One Has, The More People One Finds Original. Commonplace People See No Difference Between Men.

You Corrupt Religion Either In Favour Of Your Friends, Or Against Your Enemies.

Something Incomprehensible Is Not For That Reason Less Real.

It Is Dangerous To Explain Too Clearly To Man How Like He Is To The Animals Without Pointing Out His Greatness. It Is Also Dangerous To Make Too Much Of His Greatness Without His Vileness. It Is Still More Dangerous To Leave Him In Ignorance Of Both, But It Is Most Valuable To Represent Both To Him. Man Must Not Be Allowed To Believe That He Is Equal Either To Animals Or To Angels, Nor To Be Unaware Of Either, But He Must Know Both.

What A Difficult Thing It Is To Ask Someone's Advice On A Matter Without Coloring His Judgment By The Way In Which We Present Our Problem.