Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately when lawful, they do not excite desire.

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

Our minds are like our stomaches they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.