When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones.

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.

Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates.

In certain countries, people seem to be think that three asses together make one intelligent person. However, that is completely wrong. Several asses in concreto make the ass in abstracto and that is a most terrifying animal.

Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.

Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.