There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the imprudent cannot turn to their own prejudice.

It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.

Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

Some men are so full of themselves that when they fall in love, they amuse themselves rather with their own passion than with theperson they love.