Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

It is necessary, in order to know things well, to know the particulars of them; and these, being infinite, make our knowledge eversuperficial and imperfect.