Were I to live my life over again, I should live it just as I have done. I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.

How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in their youth, extinguished in their own presence?

And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?

It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting principally upon the minds of the common people, which are softer.

Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.

As soon as women become ours we are no longer theirs.