Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!

Though your vulgarian does not readily admit that feelings can change overnight, certainly two lovers often part far more abruptly than they came together.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.

Journalists grow accustomed to seeing evil and they let it pass; they proceed to approve it, and they end by committing it themselves.