I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.
Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.
Slander is the balm of malignity.
The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.
Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.
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.