Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

They who, without any previous knowledge of us, think amiss of us, do us no harm; they attack not us, but the phantom of their own imagination.

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.

The fears of old age disturb us, yet how few attain it?

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.