A witty quote proves nothing.

It is reported in the supplement of the council of Nicæan that the fathers, being very perplexed to know which were the cryphal or apocryphal books of the Old and New Testaments, put them all pell-mell on an altar, and the books to be rejected fell to the ground. It is a pity that this eloquent procedure has not survived.

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois

Come! you presence will either give me life or kill me with pleasure.

Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct of your life.

We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.