Everything must not always be said, for that would be folly.

In love, 'tis no other than frantic desire for that which flies from us.

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.

Whenever a new finding is reported to the world people say - It is probably not true. Later on, when the reliability of a new finding has been fully confirmed, people say - OK, it may be true but it has no real significance. At last, when even the significance of the finding is obvious to everybody, people say - Well, it might have some significance, but the idea is not new.

One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

A good marriage ... is a sweet association in life: full of constancy, trust, and an infinite number of useful and solid services and mutual obligations.

Rash and incessant scolding runs into custom and renders itself despised.