Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.

It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not make two parts of him.

The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.

Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.

It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting principally upon the minds of the common people, which are softer.

No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.