Providence has decreed that those common acquisitions, money, gems, plate, noble mansions, and dominion, should be sometimes bestowed on the indolent and unworthy; but those things which constitute our true riches, and which are properly our own, must be procured by our own labor.

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.

This type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating children; I imagine this is because Nature wants to ensure that the evils of wisdom shall not spread further throughout mankind.

Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.

Wherever you encounter truth, look upon it as Christianity.

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.