It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute.

A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.