Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.