The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.

Small crimes always precedes great ones.

Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation.

Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion.

Often it is fatal to live too long.

All is asleep: the army, the wind, and Neptune.

I will die if I lose you, but I will die if I wait longer.