To become aware in time when young of the advantages of age; to maintain the advantages of youth in old age: both are pure fortune.

True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

To make a young couple love each other, it is only necessary to oppose and separate them.

Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.

One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.

Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless.