Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.
The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.
Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
The road to the heart is the ear