"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is."

"What is the whole life of mortals but a sort of comedy, in which various persons, disguised in various costumes and masks, walk about and play each one his part, until at last the producer gives the s…"

"The heart of man is a little world, where all the good and evil of the universe are to be found."

"It is a most miserable thing to be a wise man among fools."

"A man that has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake."