The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done.

What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for, they provisionally solicit indulgence by showing leniency toward the defects of their judges. Thus they pass for excellent folk.

Women are as they are; they necessarily have the defects of their virtues.

One of the most detestable habits of Lilliputian minds is to find their own littleness in others.

In the medical profession a horse and carriage are more necessary than any scientific knowledge.

Lofty souls are always inclined to make a virtue of misfortune.

A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.