We should rather examine, who is better learned, than who is more learned.

One should always have one's boots on and be ready to leave.

Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.

Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.

We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than the whiteness of snow or the weight of stones are to us: if man does not know himself, how should he know his functions and powers?

We have power over nothing except our will.

When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?