Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the male bird.

What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for, they provisionally solicit indulgence by showing leniency toward the defects of their judges. Thus they pass for excellent folk.

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyments have been intellectual joys.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Now literary success can only be won in solitude by persevering labor.

The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.