I say that male and female are cast in the same mold; except for education and habits, the difference is not great.

Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?

A man may by custom fortify himself against pain, shame, and suchlike accidents; but as to death, we can experience it but once, and are all apprentices when we come to it

It takes so much to be a king that he exists only as such. That extraneous glare that surrounds him hides him and conceals him from us; our sight breaks and is dissipated by it being filled and arrested by this strong light.

The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar.

The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little.

No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.