had no need of a guide to learn ignorance

The harmony of a concert, to which you listen with delight, must have on certain classes of minute animals the effect of terrible thunder; perhaps it kills them.

Wine is the divine juice of September.

It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

There can be no happiness without good health

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.