Those can most easily dispense with society who are the most calculated to adorn it; they only are dependent on it who possess no mental resources, for though they bring nothing to the general mart, like beggars, they are too poor to stay at home.

There is no cosmetic like happiness

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.

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

Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

Only vain people wage war against the vanity of others.

Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.