A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second.

Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another.

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

Sobriety is concern for one's health - or limited capacity.