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.
The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
Who so hath his mind on taking, hath it no more on what he taketh.
I must accommodate my history to the hour: I may presently change, not only by fortune, but also by intention.
I have never known a greater miracle, or monster, than myself.