“What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes
“An hour-glass is a reminder not only of time's quick flight, but also of the dust to which we must at last return
“I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my death I will return to the same state
“We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him
“A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense