Who so hath his mind on taking, hath it no more on what he taketh.

In my opinion it is the happy living, and not, as Antisthenes said, the happy lying, in which human happiness consists.

The first distinction among men, and the first consideration that gave one precedence over another, was doubtless the advantage of beauty.

Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre?

One may be humble out of pride.

Death pays all debts.

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