It is fear that I stand most in fear of, in sharpness it exceeds every other feeling.

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

One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

There is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other.

A wellborn mind that is practiced in dealing with people makes itself thoroughly agreeable by itself. Art is nothing else but thelist and record of the productions of such minds.

In general I ask for books that make use of learning, not those that build it up.

A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed.