There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

I'm too old to know everything

If you cannot prove a man wrong, don't panic. You can always call him names.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

Nowadays to be intelligible is to be found out.