The older a fool is, the worse he is.

Philosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy.

Silence is the best security to the man who distrusts himself.

The vices enter into the composition of the virtues, as poisons into that of medicines. Prudence collects and arranges them, and uses them beneficially against the ills of life.

The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.

Sobriety is love of health, or inability to eat much.

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.