"Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know."

"A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool."

"Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained."

"The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another."

"It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent."

"Like those statues which must be made larger than "nature" in order that, viewed from below, or from a distance, they…"

"The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable."

"We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man wh…"

"Non, La Harpe au Serpent n'a jamais ressemble; Le Serpent siffle, et La Harpe est sifflé."

"Chloé, belle et poète, a deux petits travers: Elle fait son visage et ne fait pas ses vers."