Molière

The more we love, the weaker we become.

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our books, all the wars and all the revolutions, come from one thing: the inability to understand one's fellow man.

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.

False riches can buy nothing but false pleasures.

There is no rampart that will hold out against ill will.

You are a fool in four letters, my son.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Gold makes the ugly beautiful.

To be a doctor, one must have a heart of stone.

The comedy is finished; I think the actors are going to sing.

One dies only once, and it's for such a long time!

He despises nothing that can make him money.

The human race is divided into two classes: those who are generous and those who are stingy.

A good husband is the best of all good things.

I prefer an accommodating vice to an obstinate virtue.

The most thoroughly false men are those who the more they lie, the more they feign truth.

It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.

Sharp words make stupid mouths.

We are each the blacksmith of our own fortunes.