The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

What will the preachers say? .. to teach men not to persecute men: for, while a few sanctimonious humbugs are burning a few fanatics, the earth opens and swallows up all alike.

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

Perfect is the enemy of good.