She commands who is blest with indifference.

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.

He who leaves the game wins it.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.