A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.

One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majority

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

Women see faults much more readily in each other than they can discover perfections.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

There is as much expression in the feet as in the hands.