Flee laziness which while it produces an immediate delight, ends in the sorrow of repentance. And know that nature without exercise is a seed shut up in the pod, and art without practice is nothing.

There is no food more satiating than milk and honey; and just as such foods produce disgust for the palate, so perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.

With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.

Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.

A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.