Men talk as if they believed in God, but they live as if they thought there was none; their vows and promises are no more than words, of course.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below themselves to exercise either good nature or good manners.

What man in his right senses, that has wherewithal to live free, would make himself a slave for superfluities? What does that man want who has enough? Or what is he the better for abundance that can never be satisfied.

Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain.

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.

Some natures are so sour and ungrateful that they are never to be obliged.