Handsome widows, after a twelve-month, enjoy a latitude and longitude without limit.

Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.

Pure herring oil is the port wine of English cats

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.

Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?

If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.