Praise is the daughter of present power.
Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.
Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.
Bread is the staff of life.
We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their errors, which they will maintain out of their zeal for truth, although they contradict themselves every day of their lives.