The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.
For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.