The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person.
No one is ignorant that our character and turn of mind are intimately connected with the water-closet.
The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
Change everything except your loves.
The necessity of saying something, the embarrassment produced by the consciousness of having nothing to say, and the desire to exhibit ability, are three things sufficient to render even a great man ridiculous.