I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.

“I know not what quintessence of all this mixture, which, seizing my whole will,…”

“When I play with my cat, how do I know that she is not playing with me rather t…”

“In truth, knowledge is a great and very useful quality; those who despise it gi…”

“The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to live to the point.”