It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.

Parisians are so besotted, so silly and so naturally inept that a street player, a seller of indulgences, a mule with its cymbals,a fiddler in the middle of a crossroads, will draw more people than would a good Evangelist preacher.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground.

I am going to seek a grand perhaps.

It is quite a common and vulgar thing among humans to understand, foresee, know and predict the troubles of others. But oh what a rare thing it is to predict, know, foresee and understand one's own troubles.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.