Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.)

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

Overcompensation is just as ugly as inadequacy.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson.