To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind to 't.

Some, either from being glued to vice by a natural attachment, or from long habit, no longer recognize its ugliness.

It is an injustice that an old, broken, half-dead father should enjoy alone, in a corner of his hearth, possessions that would suffice for the advancement and maintenance of many children.

I may indeed very well happen to contradict myself; but truth, as Demades said, I do not contradict.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

When a Roman was returning from a trip, he used to send someone ahead to let his wife know, so as not to surprise her in the act.

The judgment is an utensil proper for all subjects, and will have an oar in everything.