I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.
The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.
The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.
What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.