'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more ado, and without so much as a rap o'er the pate, or a kick of the guts; to go out like the snuff of a farthing candle, and die merely of the mulligrubs, or the sullens.

I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.

Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.

Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.

Let us forget and forgive injuries.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.