Sobriety is love of health, or inability to eat much.
We have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us.
The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.
We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.
Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.
It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.