Quotes from Goldoni

Laughing is peculiar to man, but all men do not laugh for the same reason. There is the attic salt which springs from the charm in the words, from the flash of wit, from the spirited and brilliant sally. There is the low joke which arises from scurrility and idle conceit.

Noble birth is an accident of fortune, noble actions characterise the great.

This world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.