That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own.

It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.

Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends.

But you think that it is time for me to have done with the world, and so I would if I could get into a better before I was called into the best, and not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole.

The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.

I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point could be disputable; because reason taught us to affirm or deny only where we are certain; and beyond our knowledge we cannot do either.

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