On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

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 say that male and female are cast in the same mold; except for education and habits, the difference is not great.

I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject.

The strength of any plan depends on the time. Circumstances and things eternally shift and change.

The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor; those respects are paid to royalty and not to me.

Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.