Children need models rather than critics.

We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality.

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.

How many people become abstract as a way of appearing profound.

The true character of epistolary style is playfulness and urbanity.

Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing.