Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones 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.

To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose precepts they pay so little regard!

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude.

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.