We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

There are but three events which concern man: birth, life and death. They are unconscious of their birth, they suffer when they die, and they neglect to live.

It is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform to other men's opinions than to bring them over to ours.

What is certain in death is somewhat softened by what is uncertain; it is an indefiniteness in the time, which holds a certain relation to the infinite, and what is called eternity.

Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise.

It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.