Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

A man may have no bad habits and have worse

Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed.

France has neither winter, nor summer, nor morals. France is miserable because it is filled with Frenchmen, and Frenchmen are miserable because they live in France.

Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.