Dreams are faithful interpreters of our inclinations; but there is art required to sort and understand them.

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still.

This very Rome that we behold deserves our love ...: the only common and universal city.

I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould

Our skin is provided as adequately as theirs with endurance against the assaults of the weather: witness so many nations who have not yet tried the use of any clothes. Our ancient Gauls wore hardly any clothes; nor do the Irish, our neighbors, under so cold a sky.