He that is a friend to himself, know; he is a friend to all.
The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest.
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
We wake sleeping, and sleep waking. I do not see so clearly in my sleep; but as to my being awake, I never found it clear enough and free from clouds.
The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from Custom.
What kind of truth is this which is true on one side of a mountain and false on the other?