The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.

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

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

We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them.

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance.

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