Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.

Young bodies are like tender plants, which grow and become hardened to whatever shape you've trained them.

[N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.

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