Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed.

Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical.

Great and small suffer the same mishaps.

There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and those who live not seeking, or finding him. The first are rational and happy; the second unhappy and rational, and the third foolish and unhappy.

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.