Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.

Besides what endless brawls by wives are bred,The curtain lecture makes a mournful bed.

Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.

Honesty is admired, and starves.

Must this with farce and folly rack myhead unpunish'd ? that with sing-song,Whine me dead?

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime another a crown.

Luxury is more deadly than any foe.

When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learned to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

Honesty's praised then left to freeze.

All wish to be learned but no one is willing to pay the price.

A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.

I wish it I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

We should pray for a sane mind in a sound body.

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.

Many individuals have like uncut diamonds shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.

The smell of profit is clean and sweet whatever the source.

No man ever became very wicked all at once.