A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

It is very rare to find ground which produces nothing; if it is not covered with flowers, with fruit trees and grains, it produces briers and pines. It is the same with man; if he is not virtuous, he becomes vicious.

In art them is a point of perfection, as of goodness or maturity in nature; he who is able to perceive it, and who loves it, has perfect taste; he who does not feel it, or loves on this side or that, has an imperfect taste.

A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.