Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen.

I declare, on my soul and conscience, that the attainment of power, or of a great name in literature, seemed to me an easier victory than a success with some young, witty, and gracious lady of high degree.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.

I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity.