Politeness smooths wrinkles.
Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty.
We should do good whenever we can and do kindness at all times, for at all times we can.
Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.
Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man.
Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.
There are some heads which have no windows, and the day can never strike from above; nothing enters from heavenard.
When you give, give with joy and smiling.
To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.
Fear loves the idea of danger.
God multiplies intelligence, which communicates itself, like fire, ad infinitum. Light a thousand torches at one touch, the flame remains always the same.
The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.
Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.
The true character of epistolary style is playfulness and urbanity.
Logic is to grammar what the sense of words is to their sound.
Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.
Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.
All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf, I am dumb.
Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!