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.

Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

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

Nothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair.

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

Everything that poverty touches becomes frightful.

With poverty everything becomes frightful.