I agree that we should work and prolong the functions of life as far as we can, and hope that Death may find me planting my cabbages, but indifferent to him and still more to the unfinished state of my garden.

The religion of my doctor or my lawyer cannot matter. That consideration has nothing in common with the functions of the friendship they owe me.

There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God.

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

Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first; they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those who want to learn, the obstacle can often be the authority of those who teach]

I say that male and female are cast in the same mold; except for education and habits, the difference is not great.

He whose mouth is out of taste says the wine is flat.