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

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.

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.

Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.

Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.

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

Many minds that have withstood the most severe trials have been broken down by a succession of ignoble cares.