Vain is equivalent to empty; thus vanity is so miserable a thing, that one cannot give it a worse name than its own. It proclaims itself for what it is.

What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Women of the world crave excitement.

To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.

Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory.

Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.