In my opinion it is the happy living, and not, as Antisthenes said, the happy lying, in which human happiness consists.

Que sçais-je?" (What do I know?)

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.

I consider myself an average man, except in the fact that I consider myself an average man.

Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves.

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

The births of all things are weak and tender and therefore we should have our eyes intent on beginnings.