There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great name; life ends before one has scarcely made the first rough draught of his work.

The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct, upon that of the men they love.

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

The same common sense which makes an author write good things, makes him dread they are not good enough to deserve reading.

We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.

One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.