Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and all the rubbish good sense.

I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.

Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.

In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.