To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.

• A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
• He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
• Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
• Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
• Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
• Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.
• A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
• Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
• Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.
• The things we remember best are those better forgotten.