If faces were not alike, we could not distinguish men from beasts; if they were not different, we could not tell one man from another.

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

You have your face bare; I am all face.

Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.

Of the opinions of philosophy I most gladly embrace those that are most solid, that is to say, most human and most our own; my opinions, in conformity with my conduct, are low and humble.

Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome.

My library is my kingdom, and here I try to make my rule absolute-shutting off this single nook from wife, daughter and society. Elsewhere I have only a verbal authority, and vague. Unhappy is the man, in my opinion, who has no spot at home where he can be at home to himself-to court himself and hide away.