Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

There is no man so good who were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

No one is exempt from talking nonsense the misfortune is to do it solemnly.

To make a crooked stick straight we bend it the contrary way.

When I play with my cat who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.