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

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.

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our being too fully comprehended.

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.

He who would remain honest ought to keep away want.