Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of the art, for simpler methods. Simplicity never fails to charm.

Any man, however blase or depraved, finds his love kindled anew when he sees himself threatened by a rival.