Women, then, are only children of a larger growth

Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

A rake is a composition of all the lowest, most ignoble, degrading, and shameful vices; they all conspire to disgrace his character, and to ruin his fortune; while wine and the pox content which shall soonest and most effectually destroy his constitution.

It seems to me that your doctor [Tronchin] is more of a philosopher than a physician. As for me, I much prefer a doctor who is anoptimist and who gives me remedies that will improve my health. Philosophical consolations are, after all, useless against real ailments. I know only two kinds of sickness--physical and moral: all the others are purely in the imagination.

Enjoy pleasures, but let them be your own, and then you will taste them.