He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.

Life is short and art is long.

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

Life is most delightful on the downward slope.

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.