One promises much, to avoid giving little.
Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.
Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
Those who can bear all can dare all.
Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.