“If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.”

“Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.”

“In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.”

“We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.”

“He has the most who is most content with the least.”

“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings”

“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?”