Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.'

A man's own vanity is a swindler that never lacks for a dupe.

Temperament is the thermometer of character.

They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them.

Yes, I can understand that a man might go to a gambling table when he sees that all that lies between him and death is his last crown.

In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.

It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers.