I speak to the paper, as I speak to the first person I meet.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

Since philosophy is the art which teaches us how to live, and since children need to learn it as much as we do at other ages, why do we not instruct them in it?

Let every foot have its own shoe.

The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor; those respects are paid to royalty and not to me.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.