The philosopher who would fain extinguish his passions resembles the chemist who would like to let his furnace go out.

Vivre est un maladie dont le sommeil nous soulage toutes les 16 heures. C'est un pallatif. La mort est le remede.

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

We gild our medicines with sweets; why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well?

Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.

Satire is the disease of art.

Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.