We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.

When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him

All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.

One promises much, to avoid giving little.

Few maxims are true in every respect.

There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome.

The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love.