Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.
False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.
Women of the world crave excitement.
In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned.