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.

Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan, I really think the greatest fool is man.

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

With poverty everything becomes frightful.

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

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

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.