Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.

For let us women be never so ill-favored, I imagine that we are always delighted to hear ourselves called handsome.

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

Wit and humor belong to genius alone.

Urgent necessity prompts many to do things, at the very thoughts of which they perhaps would start at other times.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.