The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine.
It is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.
We do not correct the man we hang; we correct others by him.
There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
Few men have been admired of their familiars.
Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.