There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
What the object of senile avarice may be I cannot conceive. For can there be anything more absurd than to seek more journey money, the less there remains of the journey?
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
The sinews of war are infinite money.
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.