He most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

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The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.

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Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.

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All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

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There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.

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Consider, that no jewel upon earth is comparable to a woman of virtue and honor; and, that the honor of the sex consists in the fair characters they maintain.

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The fault lies not with the mob, who demands nonsense, but with those who do not know how to produce anything else.

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