Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
agebirds
There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains the most universal quality is diversity.
opinions
There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
agediscipline
Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
memory
The want of goods is easily repaired, but the poverty of the soul is irreparable.
poverty
The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model, and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance.
opinion
Riches, like glory or heath, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them.
glory
Children's playthings are not sports and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
science
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.
Man is quite insane. He wouldn't know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.
How many things which served us yesterday as articles of faith, are fables for us today.
Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.
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.