Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation?

Science when well-digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.

To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.