I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
Most men are rich in borrowed sufficiency: a man may very well say a good thing, give a good answer, cite a good sentence, without at all seeing the force of either the one or the other.
In love, 'tis no other than frantic desire for that which flies from us.
Our wisdom and deliberation for the most part follow the lead of chance.
Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.