Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

It is when their age of passions is past that great men produce their masterpieces, just as it is after volcanic eruptions that the soil is most fertile.

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.

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

Love is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it.

There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.