There is not one of us that would not be worse than kings, if so continually corrupted as they are with a sort of vermin called flatterers.
We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
Necessity is a violent school-mistress.
Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us.
A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.
I have never known a greater miracle, or monster, than myself.