There is no influence like the influence of habit.
It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.
Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.
But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave.
There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.
It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.