The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.

He who would remain honest ought to keep away want.

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many.