Nothing destroys plans more than failure accompanied by feelings of guilt and shame.
The right word in the right place - here is the most accurate definition of style.
Repentance is the most pleasing tribute to heaven; this is also the most sincere manifestation of our piety.
Promises are made only to be broken.
One of the heights of Parnassus was dedicated to Bacchus, the other to Apollo.
She is as innocent as an unborn baby.
She looks so much like her husband, as if she were created from his mouth.
Giving in to anger is the same as taking revenge on yourself for someone else's fault.
Absence of faith is a defect that needs to be either corrected or hidden.
The party is the folly of the many for the gain of the few.
The political liar differs from the average liar in one essential respect: he usually has a short memory.
Help yourself and your friends will love you more.
Monday is the priest's Sunday.
With how easily we overlook our bad deeds, small beginnings, with how carefully we hide our bodily weakness, it is no wonder that we treat our own stupidity with indulgence.
The cause of important events, like the springs of rivers, is often extremely insignificant.
Zealous defenders of moral purity are plagued by a dirty imagination.
Religion is a disease of the soul.
The mind is like a razor: when it is sharp, it hurts others; when she's sick, - ourselves.
The greatest and most sincere part of our prayers are the petitions.
Satire is a special mirror in which anyone who looks sees anyone else but himself.
The selfishness of some does not allow them to bring joy to others. The selfishness of others is entirely reduced to procuring their own joys. This is the great difference between virtue and vice.
Elephants are always painted smaller than they really are; fleas, however, always larger.
Arguing is the worst kind of conversation.
Elders and comets enjoy honor for one and the same reason: both have beards; both some and others have the gift of prediction.
The tavern is where madness is sold by the bottle.
The fact that people are evil has never surprised me, but that they have no shame seems strange to me.
The one who seemed to get what he wanted out of life usually finds himself in a situation where shortcomings and bitterness prevent joys and delights.
Pride is sooner the sign of smallness than of greatness.
Writers are in the habit of calling our century "turning", and painters "sinful".
Conviction is a necessary attribute for preachers and orators, for he who commits his thoughts to the crowd is more successful than he himself believes in them.