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.

He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.

Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.

Happy who in his verse can gently steer, From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.

Nature always springs to the surface and manages to show what she is. It is vain to stop or try to drive her back. She breaks through every obstacle, pushes forward, and at last makes for herself a way.

Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.