Nothing is unimportant to a man plunged in despair. He is as credulous as a criminal sentenced to death who listens to a lunatic raving to him about how he can escape through the keyhole.

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft.

In the medical profession a horse and carriage are more necessary than any scientific knowledge.

Nature endows woman alternately with a particular strength which helps her to suffer and a weakness which counsels her to be resigned.

Our most natural feelings are those we are loath to confess, and fatuity is among them.

To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier.

With monuments as with men, position means everything.