No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.

Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan, I really think the greatest fool is man.

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.