Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself.

All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.

Marrying means, to grasp blindfolded into a sack hoping to find out an eel out of an assembly of snakes.

In the blessings as well as in the ills of life, less depends upon what befalls us than upon the way in which it is met.

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake