Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
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.
In the matter of taxation, every privilege is an injustice.