Let every foot have its own shoe.

A young man ought to cross his own rules, to awake his vigor, and to keep it from growing faint and rusty. And there is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is carried on by rule and discipline.

The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.

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.

Difficulty is a coin the learned make use of like jugglers, to conceal the inanity of their art.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

When we have got it, we want something else.