A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.

In art them is a point of perfection, as of goodness or maturity in nature; he who is able to perceive it, and who loves it, has perfect taste; he who does not feel it, or loves on this side or that, has an imperfect taste.

To forget someone means to think of him.

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

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

The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.

The very impossibility which I find to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.