Moliere

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit…

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due…

Books and marriage go ill together…

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a…

Love is often the fruit of marriage…

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and…

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them…

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few…

I want to be distinguished from the rest to tell the truth, a friend to…

Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as…

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble…

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it…

We die only once, and for such a long time…

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all…

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage…