There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.

The most calamitous and fragile of all creatures is man, and yet the most arrogant....Is it possible to imagine anything so ridiculous as that this pitiful, miserable creature, who is not even master of himself, should call itself master and lord of the universe?

It is fear that I am most afraid of.

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts: and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.

No one should be subjected to force over things which belonged to him.

Certainly man is a remarkably vain, variable, and elusive subject.10 It is hard to base any constant, uniform judgment upon him.

Few men have been admired of their familiars.