The Thing Is To Dazzle

When A Sonnet Is Mediocre It Is Bad, For It Should Be Sublime.

I Have Always Had Such Sincere Love For Truth, That I Have Often Begun By Telling Stories For The Purpose Of Getting Truth To Enter The Heads Of Those Who Could Not Appreciate Its Charms.

Praise The Beautiful For Their Intelligence And The Intelligent For Their Beauty.

Love Is A Great Poet, Its Resources Are Inexhaustible, But If The End It Has In View Is Not Obtained, It Feels Weary And Remains Silent.

To Lead A Blameless Life You Must Curb Your Passions , And Whatever Misfortune May Befall You Cannot Be Ascribed By Anyone To Want Of Good Luck, Or Attributed To Fate; These Words Are Devoid Of Sense, And All Fault Will Rightly Fall On Your Own Head.