There is not one of us that would not be worse than kings, if so continually corrupted as they are with a sort of vermin called flatterers.

A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.

Life in itself is neither good nor evil, it is the place of good and evil, according to what you make it.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

The only good histories are those written by those who had command in the events they describe.

The curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge.