"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…"

"Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word."

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

"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."