It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.
A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate.
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.