In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

Though laughter is allowable, a horse-laugh is abominable.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.