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.

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.

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

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

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.

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