A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed.

It needs courage to be afraid.

Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

No man is a hero to his own valet.

Seeing that the Senses cannot decide our dispute, being themselves full of uncertainty, we must have recourse to Reason; there is no reason but must be built upon another reason: so here we are retreating backwards to infinity.

Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome.

You have your face bare; I am all face.