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

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

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.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

But satire, ever moral, ever new, Delights the reader and instructs him, too. She, if good sense refine her sterling page, Oft shakes some rooted folly of the age.

Who is content with nothing possesses all things.

The dreadful burden of having nothing to do.