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.

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.

No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.

The dreadful burden of having nothing to do.

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.

All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.