We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.
Take care that old age does not wrinkle your spirit even more than your face.
The vulgar and common esteem is seldom happy in hitting right; and I am much mistaken if, amongst the writings of my time, the worst are not those which have most gained the popular applause.
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.
Most of our occupations are low comedy.... We must play our part duly, but as the part of a borrowed character. Of the mask and appearance we must not make a real essence, nor of what is foreign what is our very own.