Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

Slander is the balm of malignity.

It is when their age of passions is past that great men produce their masterpieces, just as it is after volcanic eruptions that the soil is most fertile.

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers.