Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.
A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.
Being a bird ain't all about flying and shitting from high places.
You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.
There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.
It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.