Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided with good sense that he feels no desire for more than he already possesses.

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.

And as it is the most generous souls who have most gratitude, it is those who have most pride, and who are most base and infirm, who most allow themselves to be carried away by anger and hatred.

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

For how do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when awake, since the former are often not less vivid and distinct than the latter?

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?