The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he links the four quarters of the globe.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.

The more a man desirous to pass at a value above his worth can contrast, by dignified silence, the garrulity of trivial minds, the more the world will give him credit for the wealth which he does not possess.

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

There is in the heart of woman such a deep well of love that no age can freeze it.