In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.

I have felt in my very blood, ever since I was born, a most unconquerable hatred towards the whole tribe of fools, and it arises from the fact that I feel myself a blockhead whenever I am in their company.

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.

When a man is in love very little is enough to throw him into despair and as little to enhance his joy to the utmost.

I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go to see it and examine it closely.