He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.