The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving.
While it is true that joys are short, neither are our sorrows very long.
Clarity is the varnish of masters.
It is not true that one has made a fortune when they do not know how to enjoy it.
The infallible sign of a bad reign is the excess of praises directed at the monarch.
To achieve great things, we must live as if we were never going to die.