I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.

Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

Man's greatest weakness is his love for life.

The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.

If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.

We are easily duped by those we love.

A woman always has her revenge ready.

The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

At least it's better to be married than to be dead.

The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.

unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.

We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.