The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.

A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.

Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity.

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.