There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we seeourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
Music and dance are all you need.
A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman's ailments.
He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and all the rubbish good sense.
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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