I give my opinion not as being good, but as being my own.

There is some shadow of delight and delicacy which smiles upon and flatters us even in the very lap of melancholy.

To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death.

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

Long life, and short, are by death made all one; for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.

All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.

No one should be subjected to force over things which belonged to him.