He who parades his virtues seldom leads the parade. He who puts up with insult invites injury. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life. This life in the present.

If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders. I must get off him first, that he may pursue his contemplations too.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

I was determined to know beans.

Being a teacher is like being in jail; once it's on your record, you can never get rid of it.

Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?

Priests and physicians should never look one another in the face. They have no common ground, nor is there any to mediate betweenthem. When the one comes, the other goes. They could not come together without laughter, or a significant silence, for the one's profession is a satire on the other's, and either's success would be the other's failure.