The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
I think that an author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
The essence of education is the education of the body.