The body enjoys a great share in our being, and has an eminent place in it. Its structure and composition, therefore, are worthy of proper consideration.

Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe in, provided they have some originality and beauty. They speak truly and usefully enough if they speak ingeniously.

My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.

Speaking is half his that speaks, and half his that hears.

Wine is the benevolent god, who gives back gaiety to men and restores youth to the old.

Repentance is no other than a recanting of the will, and opposition to our fancies, which lead us which way they please.

We are all of us richer than we think we are.