There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting.
He only profits from praise who values criticism.
I take pride in never being rude to anyone on this earth, which contains a great number of unbearable villains who set upon you to recount their sufferings and even recite their poems.
Nature, like a true poet, abhors abrupt transitions.
Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.
I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.