If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet.

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

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned.

Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking.

Be my brother or I will kill you.

The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.