Genius only leaves behind it the monuments of its strength.
Rules and models destroy genius and art.
Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.
Affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body.
Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.
To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.