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

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

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

A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools

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

They will have the World to be in Large, what a Watch is in Small; which is very regular, and depends only upon the just disposing of the several Parts of the Movement.

Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.