The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.

To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.

Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.

Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.