It needs good management to enjoy life. I enjoy it twice as much as others, for the measure of enjoyment depends on the greater or less attention that we give to it...The shorter my possession of life the deeper and fuller I must make it.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Men are nothing until they are excited.

I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions.

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.

Opinion is a powerful party, bold, and without measure.

I would have every man write what he knows and no more.