Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.

In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not.

That which happens to the soil when it ceases to be cultivated by the social man happens to man himself when he foolishly forsakes society for solitude; the brambles grow up in his desert heart.

There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.

The woman who too easily and ardently yielded her devotion will find that its vitality, like a bright fire, soon consumes itself.