O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.

That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for help: "Shut up," he said, "so that they do not realize that you are here with me.

Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe in, provided they have some originality and beauty. They speak truly and usefully enough if they speak ingeniously.

Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgment on him.

The only thing certain is nothing is certain.

An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand.

Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.