Politeness is the flower of humanity.

A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.

What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.

I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.

The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first.

One can with dignity be wife and widow but once.

Thoughts there are, that need no embodying, no form, no expression. It is enough to hint at them vaguely; a word, and they are heard and seen.