What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

What I have been taught, I have forgotten; what I know, I have guessed.

Methods are the masters of masters.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.

It is not an event; it is a piece of news.