Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.

He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread.

Bachelors' wives and old maids' children are always perfect.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.