There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.

We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

You are a fool in four letters, my son.

Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.

...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.

People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.