Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
The worse the man, the better the soldier.
Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.