Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.

Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.

The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it is no longer thyme or marjolaine: so the pieces borrowed from others he will transform and mix up into a work all his own.

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

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

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.