Molière

The greatest of all follies is to be wise after the event.

It is a most mortifying thing for a man to be compelled to hold his tongue when he has a good story to tell.

The world, dear Agnes, is a strange place; and it is not always those who are most deserving who are most fortunate.

A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.

To be a good cook, you must have a good heart.

The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by a thousand little things, not by a thousand great ones, that we prove our love.

Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtues.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

The greatest proof of love is to give up one's own will.

It is not what we do, but what we intend, that makes us good or bad.

The world, sir, is a great book, of which he who never stirs from home reads only a page.

People are all alike in their follies, but they differ in their wisdom.

There is no greater torment than to be obliged to keep one's thoughts to oneself.

The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs.

It is a strange thing that a man should be so much afraid of death, and yet so little afraid of life.

The most beautiful things are those that are most difficult to obtain.

To be a good husband, one must be a good friend.

The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more cunning than others.

It is not enough to be rich, one must also know how to spend.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.