I think that an author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.

Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability.

Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

There is moderation even in excess.

A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.