Poetry is to be found nowhere unless we carry it within us.

Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt.

Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.

In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.

The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.