Saying is one thing and doing is another

Glory and repose are things that cannot possibly inhabit in one and the same place.

No wind favors he who has no destined port.

The religion of my doctor or my lawyer cannot matter. That consideration has nothing in common with the functions of the friendship they owe me.

Men of simple understanding, little inquisitive and little instructed, make good Christians.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

This very Rome that we behold deserves our love ...: the only common and universal city.