All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.

It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.

The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.