Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.