Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!
A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.
Before using a fine word, make a place for it.
Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.
We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.