You cannot see the mountain near.
Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy.
There is no history; only biography.
The highest virtue is always against the law.
The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation, and the credit of truth and honesty is as safe; nor have I any fear that a skeptical bias can be given by leaning hard on the sides of fate, of practical power, or of trade, which the doctrine of Faith cannot down-weigh.
Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me.