To philosophize is to learn to die.
No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live.
I do not understand; I pause; I examine.
I would have every man write what he knows and no more.
A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.
Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.