Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

I have lived as a philosopher and die as a Christian.

If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious.

The pleasure I gave my lovers was a four fifth of the pleasure I experienced.

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 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.