"The man who is prudent and discreet is more formidable than the man who is bold and rash."

"Every man is the son of his own works."

"Too much sanity may be madness — and the maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be."

"For the love of God, gentlemen, let us not be so foolish as to believe that this world is a carnival, and that we are here to eat and drink and be merry."

"There are two kinds of fools: those who believe everything they hear, and those who believe nothing."