The wealth of society is its stock of productive labor.
It is right to be content with what we have, never with what we are.
The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank.
Praise is the symbol which represents sympathy, and which the mind insensibly substitutes for its recollection and language.
Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.
The feminine graces of Madame de Sevigne's genius are exquisitely charming; but the philosophy and eloquence of Madame de Stael are above the distinction of sex.