Fortune, to show us her power in all things, and to abate our presumption, seeing she could not make fools wise, has made them fortunate.

Might I have had my own will, I would not have married Wisdom herself, if she would have had me.

Indeed, there is no such thing as an altogether ugly woman — or altogether beautiful.

It needs good management to enjoy life. I enjoy it twice as much as others, for the measure of enjoyment depends on the greater or less attention that we give to it...The shorter my possession of life the deeper and fuller I must make it.

If your doctor does not think it good for you to sleep, to drink wine, or to eat of a particular dish, do not worry; I will find you another who will not agree with him.

Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward.

The dispersing and scattering our names into many mouths, we call making them more great.