to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.

The past is perpetual youth to the heart.

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.

Assuredly, meeting after absence, is one of - ah, no! - it is life's most delicious feeling.

What is life? A gulf of troubled waters, where the soul, like a vexed bark, is tossed upon the waves of pain and pleasure by the wavering breath of passions.

A woman only can understand a woman.

Hope is love's happiness, but not its life.