The more one judges, the less one loves.

True love rules especially through memory.

A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.

Conventions are often more cruel than the law.

It is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.

Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable.

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.