A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

A man finds no sweeter voice in all the world than that which chants his praise.

Nature intends that, at fixed periods, men should succeed each other by the instrumentality of death. We shall never outwit Nature; we shall die as usual.

We must always skim over pleasures. They are like marshy lands that we must travel nimbly, hardly daring to put down our feet.

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

If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.

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