There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.

Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.

When a Roman was returning from a trip, he used to send someone ahead to let his wife know, so as not to surprise her in the act.

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

What a man hates, he takes seriously.

Virtue can have naught to do with ease. . . . It craves a steep and thorny path.