Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.
All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.
Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.
The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people.