Nothing is more annoying than to be obscurely hanged.
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
He who seeks truth should be of no country.
Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
We know that all the arts are brothers, that each of them illuminates another, and that a universal light results.
Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.