A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

Miracles arise from our ignorance of nature, not from nature itself.

I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.

Water, earth, air, fire, and the other parts of this structure of mine are no more instruments of your life than instruments of your death. Why do you fear your last day? It contributes no more to your death than each of the others. The last step does not cause the fatigue, but reveals it. All days travel toward death, the last one reaches it.

To philosophize is to learn to die.

We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but as to esteem and affection, these are only due to their virtue.