The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn.

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?

Hypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker; but the worker must not mistake the scaffolding for the building.

Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.

He who can not learn to love must flatter.

If we take people only as they are, then we make them worse; if we treat them as if they were what they should be, then we bring them to where they can be brought.

Some people spend the day in complaining of a headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.