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

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

The infirmities of genius are often mistaken for its privileges.

Some people are capable of making great sacrifices, but few are capable of concealing how much the effort has cost them; and it is this concealment that constitutes their value.

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

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

The future: A consolation for those who have no other.