In a better world we will find our young years and our old friends.
There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their creditors always outnumber their disciples, they owe humanity more than she will ever owe them.
Women always find their bitterest foes among their own sex.
Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting.
Age whitens hairs, but not sin.
Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.