Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love.
The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine.
A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.
The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.
Chance is a nickname for Providence.
A woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows.