A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the heights of Parnassus if he does not feel the secret influence of heaven and if his natal star has not formed him to be a poet.
Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.
Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.
Gold lends a touch of beauty even to the ugly.