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

Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world.

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

In a country where everyone strives for attention, it is better to be bankrupt than to be nothing.

Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart.

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public.