I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.
Frugality is for the vulgar.
The appetite grows with eating.