What is part of you, you cannot get rid of, even if you were to throw it away.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

A talent can be cultivated in tranquility; a character only in the rushing stream of life.

It is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them.

Man errs as long as he strives.

Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose.

My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure.