At times truth may not seem probable..

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr., Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire ….

A fop sometimes gives important advice..

Truth has not such an urgent air..

Nature always springs to the surface and manages to show what she is. It is vain to stop or try to drive her back. She breaks through every obstacle,….

That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious..

When we envy another, we make their virtue our vice..

Who is content with nothing possesses all things..

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the deg….

Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my ….

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. [Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee e….

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass..

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so..

Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease..

Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage, Vingt fois s….

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him..

Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you..

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways..

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him..

Who lives content with little possesses everything..

Happy who in his verse can gently steer, From grave to light, from pleasant to severe..