"Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool."

"What is freedom? The right to be a slave to one's own passions."

"The world is full of wonders, but man is the greatest wonder of all."

"If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason."

"I have always been too lazy to be a good man."