It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

A straight oar looks bent in the water. It matters not merely that we see a thing, but how we see it.

I admire the assurance and confidence everyone has in himself, whereas there is hardly anything I am sure I know or that I dare give my word I can do.

To philosophize is to learn to die.

If my intentions were not to be read in my eyes and voice, I should not have survived so long without quarrels and without harm, seeing the indiscreet freedom with which I say, right or wrong, whatever comes into my head.

The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine.