The wise man lives as long as he ought, not so long as he can.

The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty, according to their power.

It is equally pointless to weep because we won't be alive a hundred years from now as that we were not here a hundred years ago.

Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.

Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest

It is not my deeds that I write down, it is myself, my essence.

Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy