Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.
A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.
We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.