A man, in order to establish himself in the world, does everything he can to appear established there.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.

We pardon as long as we love.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

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.

It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.

The world is full of pots jeering at kettles.