The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.
Love truth, but pardon error.
A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.
Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.
The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod.
Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.