Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent.