Moliere

“There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.”

“Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.”

“I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.”

“We die only once, and for such a long time.”

“Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.”

“To marry a fool is to be no fool.”

“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”

“He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.”

“It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.”

“People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.”

“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

“Books and marriage go ill together.”

“I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.”

“Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.”

“Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.”

“It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.”

“The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.”

“If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.”

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”

“Love is often the fruit of marriage.”