I Discuss With Myself Questions Of Politics,

It Has Been Said That Love Robs Those Who Have It Of Their Wit, And Gives It To Those Who Have None.

No Man Has Received From Nature The Right To Give Orders To Others. Freedom Is A Gift From Heaven, And Every Individual Of The Same Species Has The Right To Enjoy It As Soon As He Is In Enjoyment Of His Reason.

I Like Better For One To Say Some Foolish Thing Upon Important Matters Than To Be Silent. That Becomes The Subject Of Discussion And Dispute, And The Truth Is Discovered.

Our Observation Of Nature Must Be Diligent, Our Reflection Profound, And Our Experiments Exact. We Rarely See These Three Means Combined; And For This Reason, Creative Geniuses Are Not Common.

Wandering In A Vast Forest At Night, I Have Only A Faint Light To Guide Me. A Stranger Appears And Says To Me: 'my Friend, You Should Blow Out Your Candle In Order To Find Your Way More Clearly.' This Stranger Is A Theologian.