The expected always happens

There is scarcely any popular tenet more erroneous than that which holds that when time is slow, life is dull.

Protection is not a principle but an expedient

The girl of the period sets up to be natural, and is only rude; mistakes insolence for innocence; says everything that comes first to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only giddy.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.