Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who believe they are sinners, the sinners who believe they are righteous.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.