Philibert Joseph Roux (April 26, 1780 – March 24, 1854) was a French surgeon born in Auxerre.
Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.
Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.
At first we hope too much and later on, not enough.
When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.
Morality is the fruit of religion: to desire the former without the latter is to desire an orange without an orange-tree.
We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred.
That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns the learned man.
Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.
The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.
Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.
Generosity is more charitable than wealth.
No labor is hopeless.
It is impossible to be just if one is not generous.
Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.
Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.
We distrust our heart too much, and our head not enough.
The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.
The philosopher spends in becoming a man the time which the ambitious man spends in becoming a personage.
We love justice greatly, and just men but little.
Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.