As far as I am concerned, no road that would lead us to health is either arduous or expensive.

I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

Man is quite insane. He wouldn?t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

We cannot do without it, and yet we disgrace and vilify the same. It may be compared to a cage, the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair to get out.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.