The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

One swallow alone does not make a summer.

The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.

Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.

There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.