A man who knows the court is master of his gestures, of his eyes and of his face; he is profound, impenetratable; he dissimulates bad offices, smiles at his enemies, controls his irritation, disguises his passions, belies his heartm speaks and acts against his feelings.

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen.

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.