As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
Trust your heart rather than your head.
We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.
I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.