Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.
A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.
Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.
If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.
Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.
It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.