Every dog must have his day.

When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.

When a man is made a spiritual peer he loses his surname; when a temporal, his Christian name.

Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their errors, which they will maintain out of their zeal for truth, although they contradict themselves every day of their lives.

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.

No wise man ever wished to be younger.