Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death.

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself.

I don't conquer, I submit.

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.

Those who do not love life do not deserve it.

Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them.