Nicolas Boileau

I always try to be very punctual, as I have observed that a person's faults are very vividly reflected in the memory of those who wait.

A fool always finds another fool even greater than himself who admires him.

Undertake your work twenty times, polish it unceasingly, and polish it again.

The true can sometimes not be plausible.

All men are mad, and, despite their care, they differ only in that some are more mad than others.

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself.

Wisdom is a tranquility of the soul that cannot be disturbed by anything and is inflamed by no desire.

The wisest is the one who, being so, is unaware of it.

The honor is a steep and shoreless island: He who has fallen from it cannot climb back up.

Before writing, learn to think.

Often the fear of one evil leads us to fall into another worse one.

Surround yourself with friends who are willing to criticize you.