Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

What isn’t clear, isn’t French.

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.

Rumor, once started, rushes on like a river, until it mingles with, and is lost in the sea.

Mutability is written upon all things.

Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything.