God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
Human nature craves novelty.
In wine, there's truth.
There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.