Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.

Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.

In a country where everyone strives for attention, it is better to be bankrupt than to be nothing.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner.