I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue's name.
The envious will die, but envy never.
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.