If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

To philosophize is to learn to die.

It is an injustice that an old, broken, half-dead father should enjoy alone, in a corner of his hearth, possessions that would suffice for the advancement and maintenance of many children.

I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.

Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon others.

Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning of our acquaintance and familiarity; and, consequently, that which first opens the door for us to better ourselves by the example of others, if there be anything in the society worth notice