Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head.

Calumny is the offspring of Envy.

[His mind] was like a volcano, full of fire and wealth, sometimes calm, often dazzling and playful, but ever threatening. It ran swift as the lightning from one subject to another, and occasionally burst forth in passionate throes of intellect, nearly allied to madness.

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

Reason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.

Haste is always ungraceful.