Everything disturbs an absent lover.
That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.
Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.
Every production must resemble its author.
A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.
Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.