Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.
Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.
To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.
Genius speaks only to genius.
To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.
The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.