For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.

Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

No hawk swooping down upon his prey, no stag improvising new detours by which to trick the huntsman, no dog scenting game from afar is comparable in speed to the celerity of a salesman when he gets wind a deal, to his skill in tripping up or forestalling a rival, and to the art with which he sniffs out and discovers a possible sale.

Novelty is both delightful and deceptive.

Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.

Virtue in women is perhaps a question of temperament.