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

Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.

Men are nothing until they are excited.

If faces were not alike, we could not distinguish men from beasts; if they were not different, we could not tell one man from another.

Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.

It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.