The only thing certain is nothing is certain.

All opinions in the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end, although they differ as to the means of attaining it.

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

Why did I love her? Because it was her; because it was me.

In love, 'tis no other than frantic desire for that which flies from us.

We call comeliness a mischance in the first respect, which belongs principally to the face.

Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.