The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
Men universally are ungrateful towards him who instructs them, unless, in the hours or in the intervals of instruction, he presents a sweet-cake to their self-love.
Cats ask plainly for what they want.
No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may.
Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.