Adrian, the Emperor, exclaimed incessantly, when dying, "That the crowd of physicians had killed him."

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

I would rather be old for a shorter time than be old before my time.

Man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind.

A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.

After a tongue has once got the knack of lying, it is not to be imagined how impossible almost it is to reclaim it. Whence it comes to pass, that we see some men, who are otherwise very honest, so subject to this vice.