Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.

Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.

Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre?

I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

The height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as well as men, and the innocent as well as the subtle, may make it their own; and it is by order and good conduct, and not by force, that it is to be acquired.

There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.