The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

In France we can cauterize wounds but we do not yet know any remedy for the injuries inflicted by a bon mot.

Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness.

No hawk swooping down upon his prey, no stag improvising new detours by which to trick the huntsman, no dog scenting game from afar is comparable in speed to the celerity of a salesman when he gets wind a deal, to his skill in tripping up or forestalling a rival, and to the art with which he sniffs out and discovers a possible sale.

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