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

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.

Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.

I only study the things I like; I apply my mind only to matters that interest me. They'll be useful-or useless-to me or to others in due course, I'll be given-or not given-the opportunity of benefiting from what I've learned. In any case, I'll have enjoyed the inestimable advantage of doing things I like doing and following my own inclinations.

A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.