He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.

The general order of things that takes care of fleas and moles also takes care of men, if they will have the same patience that fleas and moles have, to leave it to itself.

God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to his own glorification

To know how to live is my trade and my art.

One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

I never met a man who thought his thinking was faulty.

The human face is a weak guarantee; yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows; I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.