A vocation is born to us all; happily most of us meet promptly our twin,--occupation.

Love is a religion, and its rituals cost more than those of other religions. It goes by quickly and, like a street urchin, it likes to mark its passage by a trail of devastation.

Authentic love always assumes the mystery of modesty, even in its expression, because actions speak louder than words. Unlike a feigned love, it feels no need to set a conflagration.

The great secret of social alchemy is to profit best from each stage in our lives, to gather all its leaves in spring, all its flowers in summer, and all its fruits in autumn.

Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest.

No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.

A deist is an atheist with an eye cocked for the off-chance of some advantage.