The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.
God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
Hatred as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.
The landscapist lives in silence.
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.
If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.