Since the princes take the Earth for their own, it's fair that the philosophers reserve the sky for themselves and rule there, but they should never permit the entry of others.

There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women.

I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener.

I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.

The judgment may be compared to a clock or watch, where the most ordinary machine is sufficient to tell the hours; but the most elaborate alone can point out the minutes and seconds, and distinguish the smallest differences of time.

If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.

An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.