"Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman."

"Love's all in all to women"

"Youth holds no society with grief."

"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."

"Among mortals second thoughts are wisest."

"He is not a lover who does not love forever."

"Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm."

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

"Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world."

"The bold are helpless without cleverness."

"The lucky person passes for a genius."

"The wavering mind is but a base possession."

"Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad."

"Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise."

"Silence is true wisdom's best reply."

"Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes."

"Much effort, much prosperity."

"To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man."

"Do not consider painful what is good for you."

"Better a serpent than a stepmother!"

"Friends show their love in times of trouble."

"In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?"

"There is just one life for each of us: our own."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows not."

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."

"I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." (Letter 16, 1657)"

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."

"I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise."

"I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter."

"To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher."

"Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much."

"You always admire what you really don't understand."

"People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive."

"When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor."

"Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment."

"God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it."

"Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account."

"No one who lives in error is free."

"Prosperity is full of friends."

"No one is happy all his life long."

"The greatest pleasure of life is love."

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

"But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay."

"I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world."

"Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it."

"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."

"Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back"

"When one does not love too much, one does not love enough."

"Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical."

"To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize."