The world is a thing we must of necessity either laugh at or be angry at; if we laugh at it, they say we are proud; if we are angry at it, they say we are ill-natured.

Genius creates, and taste preserves.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

What is fame? a fancied life in others' breath.

Love finds an altar for forbidden fires.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Never find fault with the absent.