The less men think, the more they talk.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
He that is jealous is not in love.
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
There are no secrets that time does not reveal.
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
Love is the beauty of the soul.
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
God is absence. God is the solitude of man.
God does not play dice.
Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.
The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.
It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
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