Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
The road to the heart is the ear
Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.
I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.