No one dances sober, unless he is insane.

Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law.