The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
I serve your Beaune to my friends, but your Volnay I keep for myself.
If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.
The famous physician Dumoulin said when dying, 'I leave two great physicians behind me, simple food and pure water.'