Only the fools are certain and assured.
No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have.
Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.