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

Men's hearts and faces are always wide asunder; women's are not only in close connection, but are mirror-like in the instant power of reflection.

Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.

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

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.

Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.

It is when their age of passions is past that great men produce their masterpieces, just as it is after volcanic eruptions that the soil is most fertile.