You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?

It requires more than mere genius to be an author.

The sublime only paints the true, and that too in noble objects; it paints it in all its phases, its cause and its effect; it is the most worthy expression or image of this truth. Ordinary minds cannot find out the exact expression, and use synonymes.

It is because of men that women dislike one another.

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

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are supported only by aptness of expression, tone and manner.