That prudery which survives youth and beauty resembles a scarecrow left in the fields after harvest.

There are some errors so sweet that we repent them only to bring them to memory.

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.

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.

To protect ourselves against the storms of passion, marriage with a woman is a harbor in the tempest; but with a bad woman it is a tempest in the harbor.

Doubt springs from the mind; faith is the daughter of the soul.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.