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.

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself he will write a Book; he has no Talent at Writing, but he wants fifty Guineas.

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.