It is a stupid presumption to go about despising and condemning as false anything that seems to us improbable; this is a common fault in those who think they have more intelligence than the crowd.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

My appetite comes to me while eating.

Of the opinions of philosophy I most gladly embrace those that are most solid, that is to say, most human and most our own; my opinions, in conformity with my conduct, are low and humble.

A good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity.

There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine.

We need to interpret interpretations more than to interpret things.