Knowledge And History Are The Enemies Of

Once You Have Made Up Your Mind, Stick To It; There Is No Longer Any 'if' Or 'but'.

The Great Proof Of Madness Is The Disproportion Of One's Designs To One's Means.

Keep A Good Table And Attend To The Ladies.

If I Always Appear Prepared, It Is Because Before Entering An Undertaking, I Have Meditated Long And Have Foreseen What Might Occur. It Is Not Genius Which Reveals To Me Suddenly And Secretly What I Should Do In Circumstances Unexpected By Others; It Is Thought And Preparation

People Take England On Trust, And Repeat That Shakespeare Is The Greatest Of All Authors. I Have Read Him: There Is Nothing That Compares Racine Or Corneille: His Plays Are Unreadable, Pitiful.