Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.

I shall never be ashamed to quote a bad author if what he says is good.

Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.