"Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation." -If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he and I was I.

When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.

The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.

But sure there is need of other remedies than dreaming, a weak contention of art against nature.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

Kings and philosophers defecate, and so do ladies.

If your doctor does not think it good for you to sleep, to drink wine, or to eat of a particular dish, do not worry; I will find you another who will not agree with him.