One can be well-bred and write bad poetry
No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
Ah, there are no children nowadays.