To love all ages yield surrender; But to the young it's raptures bring A blessing bountiful and tender- As storms refresh the fields of spring.

Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.

Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.

Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.

With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm.

But even friendship like our heroes' Exist no more; for we've outgrown All sentiments and deem men zeroes-- Except of course ourselves alone. We all take on Napoleon's features, And millions of our fellow creatures Are nothing more to us than tools... Since feelings are for freaks and fools. Eugene, of course, had keen perceptions And on the whole despised mankind, Yet wasn't, like so many, blind; And since each rule permits exceptions, He did respect a noble few, And, cold himself, gave warmth its due.