The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.
The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.
Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.