Jesting Is Often Only Indigence Of Intellect.

We Should Laugh Before Being Happy, For Fear Of Dying Without Having Laughed.

The Duty Of A Judge Is To Administer Justice, But His Practice Is To Delay It

Physiognomy Is Not A Guide That Has Been Given Us By Which To Judge Of The Character Of Men: It May Only Serve Us For Conjecture. [fr., La Physionomie N'est Pas Une Regle Qui Nous Soit Donnee Pour Juger Des Hommes; Elle Nous Peut Servir De Conjecture.]

Languages Are No More Than The Keys Of Sciences. He Who Despises One, Slights The Other.

In Art Them Is A Point Of Perfection, As Of Goodness Or Maturity In Nature; He Who Is Able To Perceive It, And Who Loves It, Has Perfect Taste; He Who Does Not Feel It, Or Loves On This Side Or That, Has An Imperfect Taste.