The poor are the blacks of Europe.

His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.

The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.

Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness.

Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.

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.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.