It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.

Man naturally yearns for novelty.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.

Made up of the glories of the most precious gems, to describe them is a matter of inexpressible difficulty. For there is amongst them the gentler fire of the ruby, there is the rich purple of the amethyst, there is the sea-green of the emerald, and all shining together in an indescribable union. Others, by an excessive heightening of their hues equal all the colours of the painter, others the flame of burning brimstone, or of a fire quickened by oil.

The happier the moment the shorter.

No one is wise at all times.