Life in itself is neither good nor evil, it is the place of good and evil, according to what you make it.

Age imprints more wrinkles a in the mind, than it does in the face, and souls are never, or very rarely seen, that in growing old do not smell sour and musty. Man moves all together, both towards his perfection and decay.

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.

We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote.

Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

As for me, then, I love life and cultivate it just as God has been pleased to grant it to us.