Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it.

Society would be a charming affair if we were only interested in one another.

It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance.

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.