I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.

There are truths on this side of the Pyrenees which are falsehoods on the other

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

The desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their need. Pleasing all: a mark that can never be aimed at or hit.

The beginnings of all things are weak and tender. We must therefore be clear-sighted in the beginnings, for, as in their budding we discern not the danger, so in their full growth we perceive not the remedy.

~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.