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

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.

There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally.

It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.

I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.

Tis well for old age that it is always accompanied with want of perception, ignorance, and a facility of being deceived. For should we see how we are used and would not acquiesce, what would become of us?