There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes.

Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.

Our truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call "money" not only that which is legal, but also any counterfeit that will pass.

I turn my gaze inward. I fix it there and keep it busy. I look inside myself. I continually observe myself.

A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.

Let [children] be able to do all things, and love to do only the good.