What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
What we call happiness is what we do not know.