Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.

All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms.

Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden.

Those who make antitheses by forcing the sense are like men who make false windows for the sake of symmetry. Their rule is not to speak justly, but to make accurate figures.

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.

Wisdom leads us back to childhood.