Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native genius. In the hands of a man who has read widely but lacks judgment, applied to certain subjects it can corrupt both its readers and the writer himself.

If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

The doctors allow one to die, the charlatans kill.

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.