It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting principally upon the minds of the common people, which are softer.

It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.

The vulgar and common esteem is seldom happy in hitting right; and I am much mistaken if, amongst the writings of my time, the worst are not those which have most gained the popular applause.

Every man has within himself the entire human condition

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

To say less of yourself than is true is stupidity, not modesty. To pay yourself less than you are worth is cowardice and pusillanimity.