Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.