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.

We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said.

Pleasure and satiety live next door to each other.

How many wells of science there are in whose depths there is nothing but clear water!

The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.

The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people.

It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.