Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
I'd learned my lesson.
Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.