Friendship May Sometimes Step A Few Paces

A Critic Is Never Too Severe When He Only Detects The Faults Of An Author. But He Is Worse Than Too Severe When, In Consequence Of This Detection, Be Presumes To Place Himself On A Level With Genius.

The Moderate Are Not Usually The Most Sincere, For The Same Circumspection Which Makes Them Moderate Makes Them Likewise Retentive Of What Could Give Offence.

Those Who Speak Against The Great Do Not Usually Speak From Morality, But From Envy.

Wherever There Is Excessive Wealth, There Is Also In The Train Of It Excessive Poverty.

The Assailant Is Often In The Right; That The Assailed Is Always.