Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

Remember, that when I speak of pleasures I always mean the elegant pleasures of a rational being, and not the brutal ones of a swine. I mean la bonne chère, short of gluttony; wine, infinitely short of drunkenness; play, without the least gaming; and gallantry, without debauchery.

Learning is acquired by reading books; much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various editions of them.

In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.