1. "A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one."
2. "Books and marriage go ill together."
3. "Grammar, which can govern even Kings."
4. “How strange it is to see with how much passion
People see things only in their own fashion.”
5. "I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others."
6. “Innocence is not accustomed to blush.”
7. “It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.”
8. "It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable."
9. "It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all."
10. "It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found."
11. "I want to be understood: to be quite frank, the friend of the human race is not the least of my role."
12. "Oh how fine it is to know a thing or two!"
13. "One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others."
14. “One should eat to live, not live to eat.”
15. “The flower called heliotrope turns without ceasing to that star of the day, so also my heart henceforth will turn itself always towards the resplendent stars of you adorable eyes, as towards its only pole.”
16. "The greatest folly of all is wanting to busy oneself in setting the world to rights."
17. "The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it."
18. "The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself."
19. "There is no praise to beat the sort you can put in your pocket."
20. "We always speak well when we manage to be understood."
21. "Without knowledge, life is not more than the shadow of death."
