History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.

Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.

Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.

The road to the heart is the ear

The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.