Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.

Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.

Where there's music there can be no evil.

All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.

There were but two families in the world, Have-much and Have-little.

There is no jewel in the world so valuable as a chaste and virtuous woman.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.