All evil stems from this-that we do. Know how to handle your solitude.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

If a man loves a woman for her beauty, does he love her? No; for the smallpox, which destroys her beauty without killing her, causes his love to cease. And if any one loves me for my judgment or my memory, does he really love me? No; for I can lose these qualities without ceasing to be.

I can readily conceive of a man without hands or feet; and I could conceive of him without a head, if experience had not taught me that by this he thinks, Thought then, is the essence of man, and without this we cannot conceive of him.

Symmetry is what we see at a glance; based on the fact that there is no reason for any difference.