To Possess Taste, One Must Have Some

We Are Less Hurt By The Contempt Of Fools Than By The Lukewarm Approval Of Men Of Intelligence.

You Can Purchase The Mind Of Pascal For A Crown. Pleasures Even Cheaper Are Sold To Those Who Give Themselves Up To Them. It Is Only Luxuries And Objects Of Caprice That Are Rare And Difficult To Obtain; Unfortunately They Are The Only Things That Touch The Curiosity And Taste Of Ordinary Men.

Few People Are Modest Enough To Be Estimated At Their True Worth.

Magnanimity Will Not Consider The Prudence Of Its Motives.

We Discover In Ourselves What Others Hide From Us And We Recognize In Others What We Hide From Ourselves.