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

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

At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing.

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.

Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.

Chance is a nickname for Providence.

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