Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.

Work is often the father of pleasure.

The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.

Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

The fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.