There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable.

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.

There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.

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

Wit is the god of moments, but Genius is the god of ages.

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.