A Wise Man Is Not Governed By

The Mind, Like All Other Things, Will Become Impaired, The Sciences Are Its Food,--they Nourish, But At The Same Time They Consume It.

Eloquence Is To The Sublime What The Whole Is To The Part.

When We Are Young We Lay Up For Old Age; When We Are Old We Save For Death.

The Shortest And Best Way To Make Your Fortune Is To Let People See Clearly That It Is In Their Interest To Promote Yours.

Jesting, Often, Only Proves A Want Of Intellect. [fr., La Moquerie Est Souvent Une Indigence D'esprit.]