Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task His friendly aid to ask. A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear, When pointing at the object dear.

Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.