Take life too seriously, and what is it worth? If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring us not the hope of new pleasure, is it worthwhile to dress and undress?

There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are equally innocuous. It is in the half fools and the half wise that the great danger lies.

Let no one be like another, yet everyone like the highest. How is this done? Be each one perfect in himself.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity.

In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet.