The Finest Pleasure Is Kindness

Love And Friendship Exclude Each Other.

The Spendthrift Robs His Heirs The Miser Robs Himself.

It Is The Glory And Merit Of Some Men To Write Well And Of Others Not To Write At All.

The Most Accomplished Literary Work Would Be Reduced To Nothing By Carping Criticism, If The Author Would Listen To All Critics And Allow Every One To Erase The Passage Which Pleases Him The Least.

There Are But Two Ways Of Rising In The World: Either By One's Own Industry Or Profiting By The Foolishness Of Others. [fr., Il N'y A Au Monde Que Deux Manieres De S'elever, Ou Par Sa Propre Industrie, Ou Par L'imbecilite Des Autres.]