Old age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen.
Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
Minds which never rest are subject to many digressions.
Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent.
When the painter wishes to represent an event, he cannot place before us too great a number of personages; but he cannot employ too few when he wishes to portray an emotion.
Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench.