Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
Writing does not cause misery, it is born of misery.
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.
There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order method and discipline.
Desire and hope will push us on toward the future.
A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.
I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.
He who fears he shall suffer already suffers what he fears.
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
Whatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs.
My trade and art is to live.
Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments.
How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?