No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.

We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.

Kings and philosophers defecate, and so do ladies.

To die is not to play a part in society; it is the act of a single person. Let us live and laugh among our friends; let us die and sulk among strangers.

If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice, and that it is from her that she derives her reputation and honor?

Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.

Water, earth, air, fire, and the other parts of this structure of mine are no more instruments of your life than instruments of your death. Why do you fear your last day? It contributes no more to your death than each of the others. The last step does not cause the fatigue, but reveals it. All days travel toward death, the last one reaches it.