“It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent
“I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found
“As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before
“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property
“To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal
“A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich