There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.

At length I recollected the thoughtless saying of a great princess, who, on being informed that the country people had no bread, replied, "Let them eat cake".

Gracefulness cannot subsist without ease; delicacy is not debility; nor must a woman be sick in order to please. Infirmity, and sickness may excite our pity, but desire and pleasure require the bloom and vigor of health.

Money is the seed of money.

A person who can break wind is not dead.

One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.