Nature, who permits no two leaves to be exactly alike, has given a still greater diversity to human minds. Imitation, then, is a double murder; for it deprives both copy and original of their primitive existence.

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers still bloom.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.

Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.