Our virtues live upon our incomes; our vices consume our capital.
Rage is a short-lived fury.
What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion
Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
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.