A person hears only what they understand.
Life is the childhood of our immortality.
Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.
Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
One usually thinks people to be more dangerous than they are.
Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one's best.