Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

Doing one's duty however small in an unattached manner gives rise to the awakening of self-awareness.

As men are not able to fight against death misery ignorance they have taken it into their heads in order to be happy not to think of them at all.

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other, and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much more than to know little.

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

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