Reproach is usually honest, which is more than can be said of praise.

Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian, a treasure for a man of parts, and an abyss for a weakling.

Glory is the sunshine of the dead

Life is simply what out feelings do to us.

What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for, they provisionally solicit indulgence by showing leniency toward the defects of their judges. Thus they pass for excellent folk.

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.