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

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

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.

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

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

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.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.