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

An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand.

There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.

We have the pleasures suitable to our lot; let us not usurp those of greatness. Ours are more natural and all the more solid and sure for being humbler. Since we will not do so out of conscience, at least out of ambition let us reject ambition.

There is some shadow of delight and delicacy which smiles upon and flatters us even in the very lap of melancholy.

The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure; neither the greatest captains nor the greatest philosophers have disdained the use or science of eating well.

Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon others.