The Lively Phraseology Of Montesquieu Was The

Genuine Witticisms Surprise Those Who Say Them As Much As Those Who Listen To Them; They Arise In Us In Spite Of Us, Or, At Least, Without Our Participation,--like Everything Inspired.

Never Write Anything That Does Not Give You Great Pleasure. Emotion Is Easily Transferred From The Writer To The Reader.

We Shall Always Keep A Spare Corner In Our Heads To Give Passing Hospitality To Our Friends' Opinion.

National Literature Begins With Fables And Ends With Novels.

Of The Two, I Prefer Those Who Render Vice Lovable To Those Who Degrade Virtue.