Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
Kitchen Physic is the best Physic.
As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.
The chameleon, who is said to feed upon nothing but air, has of all animals the nimblest tongue.
Old sciences are unraveled like old stockings, by beginning at the foot.