The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.
No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.
The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.
He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
It is the sin which we have not committed which seems the most monstrous.