No two men ever judged alike of the same thing, and it is impossible to find two opinions exactly similar, not only in different men but in the same men at different times.

He whose mouth is out of taste says the wine is flat.

Intoxication is calculated to put heart into the elderly and give them delight in dancing.

Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea and yet will create Gods by the dozen!

For among other things he had been counseled to bring me to love knowledge and duty by my own choice, without forcing my will, and to educate my soul entirely through gentleness and freedom.

It has never occurred to me to wish for empire or royalty, nor for the eminence of those high and commanding fortunes. My aim lies not in that direction; I love myself too well.

No man dies before his hour. The time you leave behind was no more yours, than that which was before your birth, and concerneth you no more.