Silence is the mother of truth.
It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.
All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!
Nobody is forgotten, when it is convenient to remember him.
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.