A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.
In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.
Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.
It is the sin which we have not committed which seems the most monstrous.
Everything that poverty touches becomes frightful.