There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.

The Germans, a race eager for war.

He has committed the crime who profits by it.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.