There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
Why did I love her? Because it was her; because it was me.
When a Roman was returning from a trip, he used to send someone ahead to let his wife know, so as not to surprise her in the act.
Nothing else but an insatiate thirst of enjoying a greedily desired object.
In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.
The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.
Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.
I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.
We must not attach knowledge to the mind; we have to incorporate it there.
I would rather be an expert on me than on Cicero.
Children’s playthings are not sports and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.
A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.
There is no such thing as an altogether ugly woman – nor altogether beautiful.
For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits.
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
I am myself the matter of my book.
No man is a hero to his own valet.
Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.
The clatter of arms drowns out the voice of law.