Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.

Imaginative, sanguine men will never recognize that in negotiations the most dangerous moment of all is when everything is moving according to their wishes.

The endless legacy of the past to the present is the secret source of human genius.

Novelty is both delightful and deceptive.

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.