“People don’t mind being mean, but they never want to be ridiculous.”
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
“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.”
“Appearances very often deceive us. You must not always judge by what you see.”
“Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.”
“People do not mind being wicked; but they object to being made ridiculous.”
“It’s always the most ridiculous people who are the first to slander others.”
“The absence of what love, however short, is always too long.”
“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”
“A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.”
“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
“If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-night useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.”
“Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.”
“In the age in which we live, people give nothing for nothing.”
“We die only once, and for such a long time.”
“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”
“If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.”
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.”
“We must eat to live, and not live to eat.”
“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”
“A wise man is above all the insults which one can give him; and the great answer one ought to give to all outrages, is moderation and patience.”
“What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.”
“The more exalted my rank, the more glaring becomes the insult.”
“I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.”
“One must eat to live and not live to eat.”
“Silence itself, is enough to show the impulses of a heart.”
“If we are too wise, we may be equally to blame.”
“Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.”
“The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.”
“Like many humorless and indignant people, he is hard on everybody but himself, and does not perceive it when he fails his own ideal.”
“One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.”
“There is no doubt that he will do all he can; and if he has money he can do all he will.”
“Flatterers are always to blame for the vices which prevail among mankind.”
“Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.”
“Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.”
“Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.”
“Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.”
“It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.”
“It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.”
“Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.”
“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable.”
“One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.”
“People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.”
“If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.”
“We are easily duped by those we love.”
“unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.”
“Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.”
“Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.”
“It is pleasant for money to come into our purse; but when the time comes that we have to give it back, then the pangs of labour seize us.”
“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
“Sound reason shuns extremes, and teaches wisdom with sobriety.”
“One is easily fooled by that which one loves.”
“Unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.”
“Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.”
“Ah! What a fine thing it is to know something!”
“Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue“
“Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.”
“I assure you that a learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool“
