God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Charity is not one of the virtues practiced on the stock market. The heart of a bank is but one of many viscera.

What patient can trust the knowledge of a physician without reputation or furniture, in a period when publicity is all-powerful and when the government gilds the lamp posts on the Place de la Concorde in order to dazzle the poor?

The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.

The more you judge, the less you love.

Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.