A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.
No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much.
Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.
The test of pleasure is the memory it leaves behind. (Die Probe Eines Genusses ist Seine Erinnerung.)
Sleep riches and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.
A timid person is frightened before a danger a coward during the time and a courageous person afterwards.
There is a certain noble pride through which merits shine brighter than through modesty.
Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.
It is simpler and easier to flatter men than to praise them.
It is easy to flatter it is harder to praise.
Women and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves but the first to rescue when others are endangered.