A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.

I'd gladly do without a valet. I'm never so well treated as when I'm without a valet.

If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.

Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground.

Misery is the company of lawsuits.

Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.

Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.