The world has no long injustices.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

We are so fond of hearing ourselves spoken of, that, be it good or ill, it is still pleasing.

... truth ... carries authority with it; while falsehood and lies skulk under a load of words, without having the power of persuasion; the more they attempt to show themselves, the more they are entangled.

Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.

It is sometimes best to slip over thoughts and not go to the bottom of them.

Occupation is the best safeguard for women under all circumstances--mental or physical, or both. Cupid extinguishes his torch in the atmosphere of industry.