If married couples did not live together, happy marriages would be more frequent.

The people we keep standing in the anteroom of our favor either start fermenting or turn sour.

The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.

The greatest progress that the human race has made lies in learning how to make correct inferences.

I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!

In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species.

He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.