Shame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance.

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

There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.

There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.

Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by him who was the first mover; he only beats the water for another's net.

Few men have been admired of their familiars.