The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him
Nothing is more annoying than to be obscurely hanged.
The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.