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I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself. - [Separation] I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young. - [Youth] I would fain coin wisdom--mould it, I mean, into maxims, proverbs, sentences, that can easily be retained and transmitted. - [Brevity] If fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success. - [Success] If you are poor, distinguish yourself by your virtues; if rich, by your good deeds. - [Liberality] Illusion and wisdom combined are the charm of life and art. - [Illusion] Imagination is the eye of the soul. - [Imagination] Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench. - [Time] In bringing up a child, think of its old age. - [Children] In clothes clean and fresh there is a kind of youth with which age should surround itself. - [Dress] In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared. - [Happiness] In really goad acting we should be able to believe that what we hear and see is of our own imagining; it should seem to us as a charming dream. - [Acting] In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance. - [Temperance] In the commerce of speech use only coin of gold and silver. - [Language] In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver. - [Thought] In the present day our literary masonry is well done, but our architecture is poor. - [Style] In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition. - [Riches] It is easier to be mistaken about the true than the beautiful. - [Truth] It is not my periods that I polish, but my ideas. - [Ideas] It may be said that it is with our thoughts as with our flowers. Those whose expression is simple carry their seed with them; those that are double by their richness and pomp charm the mind, but produce nothing. - [Thought] It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman. - [Vanity] Just as politeness imitates kindness, so does grace imitate modesty. - [Manners] Justice is truth in action. - [Justice] Know that morality is a curb, not a spur. - [Morality] Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice. - [Lenity] Displaying page 3 of 9 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7 8 9
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