There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth, those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life.

... in the history of the human mind there has never been a useful thought or a profound truth that has not found its century and admirers.

We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love.

Unhappy love freezes all our affections: our own souls grow inexplicable to us. More than we gained while we were happy we lose by the reverse.

I am glad that I am not a man, for then I should have to marry a woman.