The more one judges, the less one loves.
Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune.
There is something great and terrible about suicide.
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
Temperament is the thermometer of character.
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.