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.

It is easy to be virtuous in prospective.

Without big words, how could many people say small things?

When our friends are alive, we see the good qualities they lack; dead, we remember only those they possessed.

Our interests are grains of opium to our consciences, but they only put it to sleep for a terrible awakening.

No woman dares express all she thinks.

The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, "Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick.