People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.

Grief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence.

I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place.

Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

Calumny is the offspring of Envy.

We are more prone to murmur at the punishment of our faults than to lament them.

One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance.