The judgment may be compared to a clock or watch, where the most ordinary machine is sufficient to tell the hours; but the most elaborate alone can point out the minutes and seconds, and distinguish the smallest differences of time.

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.

If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.

I have lived one hundred years; and I die with the consolation of never having thrown the slightest ridicule upon the smallest virtue.

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.