The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
There are truths that are not for all men nor for all times.
Writing is the painting of the voice.
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.
To hold a pen is to be at war.
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
Better is the enemy of good.
He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.
Chance is a word void of sense nothing can exist without a cause.
A good imitation is the most perfect originality.
Injustice in the end produces independence.
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one
I hate women because they always know where things are.
Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.