Everything that is exquisite hides itself.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.

Evil often triumphs, but never conquers.

Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.