Foolish jokers are thick on the ground, and it rains insects of that sort everywhere. A good joker is a rarity; even a man who is such by nature finds it hard to sustain the part for long; it seldom happens that the man who makes us laugh wins our esteem.

It is because of men that women dislike one another.

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.

One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self, 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too many for the sake of others.

High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.

Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.