I had rather fashion my mind than furnish it.
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
What a man hates, he takes seriously.
The only thing certain is nothing is certain.
The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear.
Those sciences which govern the morals of mankind, such as Theology and Philosophy, make everything their concern: no activity is so private or so secret as to escape their attention or their jurisdiction.