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

The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing

I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my death I will return to the same state

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals

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

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation

If moderation is a fault then indifference is a crime