It requires more than mere genius to be an author.

There are few wives so perfect as not to give their husbands at least once a day good reason to repent of ever having married, or at least of envying those who are unmarried.

The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.

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

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

Caprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.