Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.

All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Something is infinite if, taking it quantity by quantity, we can always take something outside.