Wine is the benevolent god, who gives back gaiety to men and restores youth to the old.

It is an absolute perfection... to get the very most out of one's individuality.

When I am attached by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

We have power over nothing except our will.

The desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their need. Pleasing all: a mark that can never be aimed at or hit.

A well-bred man is always sociable and complaisant.