There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.

The land of marriage has this peculiarity: that strangers are desirous of inhabiting it, while its natural inhabitants would willingly be banished from thence.

When Socrates, after being relieved of his irons, felt the relish of the itching that their weight had caused in his legs, he rejoiced to consider the close alliance between pain and pleasure.

A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.

It is a rare life that remains orderly even in private.

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

Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. If I were pressed to say why I loved him, I feel that my only reply could be: Because it was he, because it was I.