When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.

Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else.

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?