The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

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.

Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honors or of wealth.

Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.