Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you read on.

The fewer blows, the better. Brave men fight if they must; wise men never fight if they can help it.

Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

Genius has no brother.

The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.

Grief alone can teach us what is man.

One vice worn out makes us wiser than fifty tutors.