Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.

Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.

If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.

No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.

Emotions have taught mankind to reason.