Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium.

Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions.

As you treat your body, so your house, your domestics, your enemies, your friends - Dress is a table of your contents.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.

He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.