Great Men Always Pay Deference To Greater.

He Who First Praises A Book Becomingly Is Next In Merit To The Author.

We Cannot At Once Catch The Applauses Of The Vulgar And Expect The Approbation Of The Wise.

Great Men Lose Somewhat Of Their Greatness By Being Near Us; Ordinary Men Gain Much.

It Has Been My Fortune To Love In General Those Men Most Who Have Thought Most Differently From Me, On Subjects Wherein Others Pardon No Discordance. I Think I Have No More Right To Be Angry With A Man, Whose Reason Has Followed Up A Process Different From What Mine Has, And Is Satisfied With The Result, Than With One Who Has Gone To Venice While I Am At Siena, And Who Writes To Me That He Likes The Place.

A Good Cook Is The Peculiar Gift Of The Gods. He Must Be A Perfect Creature From The Brain To The Palate, From The Palate To The Finger's End.